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Virginia malls increase safety, police on lookout for ‘non-specific’ Halloween weekend ISIS terrorist assault menace
Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC have put police on excessive alert over stories of potential Islamic State terrorist assaults on malls and purchasing facilities on Halloween weekend and perhaps even the gubernatorial election.
Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia are seeing extra police out and about than traditional, due to a legislation enforcement alert a few potential “lone wolf” assault from Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS) sympathizers, CBS information reported citing sources.
NEW: Sources inform @CBSNews the warning of a possible menace towards malls and purchasing facilities positioned simply exterior Washington D.C. originated with ISIS. Regulation enforcement actively assessing credibility. pic.twitter.com/SfCD56Noje
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) October 29, 2021
“We now have elevated our police presence all through the county to incorporate main thoroughfares, transit hubs, purchasing plazas and purchasing malls,” Fairfax County PD chief Kevin Davis mentioned on Friday, urging the general public to report something suspicious.
The Arlington PD is “conscious of knowledge circulating relating to an non-specific, unconfirmed menace to purchasing facilities,” mentioned spokeswoman Ashley Savage, including “There isn’t a particular or recognized menace to our area.”
Elevated police presence might be in place via the Halloween vacation weekend and maybe even lengthen via Tuesday’s elections for governor, lawyer normal and state delegates.
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The unspecified alert comes after the Division of Homeland Safety identified a rise in “on-line exercise” by terrorists, following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan on the finish of August.
“Proper now we’re seeing a dramatic improve – or a rise – in on-line exercise by media operations related to completely different al Qaeda components and Islamic State,” DHS intelligence chief John Cohen mentioned earlier this week, including that terrorists are in search of sympathizers to launch so-called “lone wolf” assaults on their very own.
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