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Threat of domestic terrorism remains high, says US Homeland Security, with Donald Trump supporters ’emboldened’ by Capitol attack
The threat of a violent attack in the United States is likely to remain high for a number of weeks, with extremists and angry Donald Trump supporters “emboldened” by the deadly US Capitol riots and seizing on COVID-19 misinformation.
Key points:
- The Department of Homeland Security says “domestic violent extremists … could continue to mobilise to incite or commit violence”
- The DHS describes these people as “ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority”
- The Capitol building in Washington DC remains under heavy security since the attack that killed five people on January 6
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a “terror advisory” on Wednesday (local time), warning the risk of…
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