Domestic violent extremists present the most pressing and potentially violent threat, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
“In the coming months, we expect the threat environment to become more dynamic as several high-profile events could be exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets,” DHS said.to draw attention to the threat posed by domestic violent extremism, a shift from alerts about international terrorism that were a hallmark of the agency following its creation after the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
DHS also warns that China, Russia, Iran and other nations seek to foment divisions within the U.S. to weaken the country and its standing in the world. In part, they do this by amplifyingDomestic violent extremists, however, present the most pressing and potentially violent threat, the agency said, citing, for example,in which a white gunman killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May.
“The alert highlights the fact that society is becoming more violent every single day,” said Brian Harrell, a former assistant secretary at DHS. “Would-be criminals and domestic terrorists will always use the path of least resistance, and often times soft targets and crowded places are picked for this violence.”
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