New alert of terrorist attack in the United States

WASHINGTON (EFE).— The FBI and the United States Department of Homeland Security asked local police forces throughout the country to be on alert for the possibility of attacks similar to the one perpetrated on March 22 against a concert hall in the outskirts of Moscow and claimed by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS).

US intelligence is concerned about attacks by both operatives affiliated with the Islamic State and so-called “lone wolves” against large concentrations of people in sports stadiums, concert halls or places of worship.

In the bulletin issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, collected by ABC, it warns of the possibility that the attack in Moscow has inspired others to carry out similar attacks in the United States.

Possible terrorist attacks

The warning comes before thousands of people in the US gather in public on Monday to witness a total solar eclipse, which can also be seen in Mexico and Canada.

The attack on the Russian concert hall “Crocus City Hall” left at least 144 dead and more than 500 injured.

Before that attack, a week before the Russian presidential elections of March 15-17, the US embassy in Russia asked American citizens to avoid large events in Moscow, such as concerts, because there was information that “extremists “They were planning some kind of attack.

As reported by The Washington Post this week, the US had even warned Russia that the Crocus City Hall was one of the possible targets of a jihadist attack.

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