The New York Police Department (NYPD) said on Wednesday that, although there are no concrete threats against the Big Apple, security will be increased in the city ahead of the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which is commemorated shortly after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
NEW YORK – The New York Police Department (NYPD) said Wednesday that, although there are no concrete threats against the Big Apple, security will be increased in the city ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which is little commemorated after the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
New York Police Deputy Commissioner John Miller told reporters “there are no credible threats” associated with 9/11, but noted that the act is being treated as a “high threat event.”
“We operate with the idea that there are threats out there and obviously we have to constantly track them before the event, during the event and after the event, not just (on site), but all over the city,” Miller said during a conference call. press of the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio.
The deputy commissioner also noted that the “call to action” messages from terrorist groups are more notable than in other years, something he said is motivated by the marked anniversary and the fall of Afghanistan into the hands of the Taliban after the country’s departure. the US Military Forces
Miller specified that “more than a dozen” prominent propaganda publications have been located, most of them from Al Qaeda, such as the Manhattan Lobos magazine publication, named in honor of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack.
Last August, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) already warned that there is a “diverse and challenging” threat facing the country on the eve and after the twentieth anniversary of 9/11.
The Secretary of National Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, then warned in a statement that the anniversary of September 11 and religious holidays could “serve as a catalyst for acts of selective violence” by local terrorists, violent individuals and groups, as well as those Inspired by foreign terrorists and other “evil foreign influences”.
The commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero next Saturday will be similar to that of past years, in which the names of the nearly 3,000 victims of the attack will be read and the times when the planes used in the attack were hijacked will be marked. and when they crashed.
The “Tribute of Lights” will also take place at night, with two huge beams of light coming from the same place where the Twin Towers were.
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