The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have said lone wolf attacks pose the biggest threats to July 4 celebrations this year in New York City and San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Intelligence bulletins sent out ahead of the holiday warn of copycat attacks and homegrown extremists<\/a>, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are concerned about the potential threat of copycat attacks inspired by the 2025 New Year\u2019s Day vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans<\/a> and continued messaging [from foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)] calling for attacks against Western targets,\u201d two such bulletins read.<\/p>\n Officials warn that attackers in New York City and San Francisco could be motivated by a broad-range of grievances, with particular concern over outrage tied to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n \u201cOf these actors, U.S.-based violent extremists supporting FTOs and [domestic violent extremists] not linked to FTOs represent two of the most persistent threats,\u201d the bulletins say. \u201cLone offenders, in particular, remain a concern due to their ability to often avoid detection until operational and to inflict significant casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n The agencies specifically cite worries of \u201cmalicious actors and violent extremists\u201d entering July 4 event areas and First Amendment-protected demonstrations with \u201cweapons, chemical irritants, bodily fluids or other hazardous materials.\u201d Drones could also pose a threat, authorities say.<\/p>\n The warning comes weeks after an Egyptian man in Boulder, Colorado used Molotov cocktails to attack a march in support of Israeli hostages<\/a>, leading to at least one death.<\/p>\n A lone shooter killed seven and wounded dozens of others<\/a> during a 2022 Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, while the New Year\u2019s Day attack in New Orleans claimed the lives of 14 victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have said lone wolf attacks pose the biggest threats to July…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5295,1370,728,108,405,403,5296,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-31759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-national-news","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114781956649295931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}