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FBI warned of possible terrorist attacks on the holiday

'30.12.2015' Source: CNN Subscribe to ForumDaily on Google News

The feds and local security forces will tighten security measures in crowded places in connection with the New Year holidays. This will touch the Times Square in New York and the Rose Bowl Parade in Los Angeles.

Barack Obama has previously announced a tightening of security during the Christmas holidays.

Senior security officials obtained information about possible terrorist attacks in three major US cities: New York, Los Angeles and Washington. The time of the terrorist acts falls on the period between Christmas and New Year. The benefit of this warning was based on one source and was not confirmed.

However, the bitter experience of the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino gives every reason to be better prepared for the uninvited guests. The FBI is building up the number of agents and employees, and the command centers will switch to intensive 24 work hours a day across the country. In New York, around Time Square will employ about 6 thousands of police officers and agents.

In Los Angeles, law enforcement officers will concentrate next to the Rose Bowl Parade, which is considered the main attraction for journalists, residents and tourists.

The United States is not alone in raising security measures. In recent days, the authorities of Belgium and Turkey have announced the prevention of possible terrorist attacks that were planned to take place at the celebration of the New Year.

Despite the high probability of terrorist attacks, the director of the FBI and other high-ranking officials are afraid of causing panic.

“We have to think about terrorists. Americans should celebrate and be vigilant. We must not allow threats to force them to stay at home,” said one of the officials.

Earlier, Forum wrote that before his departure to Hawaii, Barack Obama said about the absence of threats for the Christmas holidays.