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New Year's Eve terror threats force several major cities to cancel events
Four suspects arrested in the Mojave Desert thwarted a planned bombing, leading multiple cities to cancel or scale back New Year’s Eve events for security reasons.
- Earlier this month, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the FBI arrested four suspects in the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles before they could assemble a functional explosive device, with aerial surveillance capturing them moving a large black object onto a table.
- Waverley Council confirmed the cancellations, axing fireworks expected to draw 15,000 revellers after the Bondi Beach shooting earlier this month, while organiser Fuzzy cited compassion for Sydney's Jewish community.
- In Paris, the concert scheduled for New Year's Eve was scrapped at Paris police's request to reduce crush risks, while Tokyo officials cancelled the Shibuya Station countdown over terror and stampede concerns voiced by Ken Hasebe, Shibuya Mayor.
- New Year's Eve celebrations are being axed across the globe amid terror fears after an FBI raid, and FBI director Kash Patel confirmed a fifth suspect was arrested in New Orleans; no UK cities have cancelled events.
- The criminal complaint names the four suspects as Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30; Zachary Aaron Page, 32; Dante Gaffield, 24; and Tina Lai, 41, and authorities say they hail from the Los Angeles area, according to First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.
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New Year's Eve terror threats for major cities to cancel celebratory events
Cities across the world are cancelling New Year's Eve celebrations amid growing concerns over a terrorist attack. It comes as the FBI confirmed earlier this month it had foiled a bomb plot in Los Angeles, targeting immigration agents and vehicles on December 31.FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed in a social media post that those arrested were believed to be from a "radical offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF)".The group were alle…
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