The Department of Homeland Security warned Tuesday that the nation “remains in a heightened threat environment” and could become more dynamic in the following months, with foreign actors working to undermine American society and the risk of more violence against individuals and institutions nationwide.
“In the coming months, we expect the threat environment to become more dynamic,” the DHS said in its Tuesday National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin. In the months ahead, “Several high-profile events could be exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets,” the bulletin stated.
The range of potential targets, according to the DHS, includes “public gatherings, faith-based institutions, schools, racial and religious minorities, government facilities and personnel, U.S. critical infrastructure, the media and perceived ideological opponents.”
The threat actors, according to the agency, “have recently mobilized to violence due to factors such as personal grievances, reactions to current events and adherence to violent extremist ideologies, including racially or ethnically motivated or anti-government/anti-authority violent extremism.”
“We continue to assess that the primary threat of mass casualty violence in the United States stems from lone offenders and small groups motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and/or personal grievances,” the DHS said.
As examples of lone offenders’ attacks against “minority communities, schools, houses of worship and mass transit,” it cited the recent shootings in Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York; the New York City subway and Laguna Woods, California. The DHS said that the listed attacks demonstrated the dynamic nature of the nation’s threat environment.
“The continued proliferation of false or misleading narratives regarding current events could reinforce existing personal grievances or ideologies, and in combination with other factors, could inspire individuals to mobilize to violence,” the DHS further stated.
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