Homeland Security Warns Fresh COVID-19 Restrictions Could Spark Violent Attacks | Top News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a new terrorism warning bulletin, said violent extremists could view the reimposition of COVID-19-related restrictions following the spread of coronavirus variants as a rationale to conduct attacks.

The new DHS bulletin warned of the risk of “targeted violence” around the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington and around religious holidays.

(Reporting by Timothy Ahmann and Mark Hosenball; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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