New York Bombing Heightens Fears of Holiday Attacks by Extremists

  

AFP 

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The abortive bombing by an Islamic State (ISIS) inspired Bangladeshi in New York has raised fresh fears of a possible surge in attacks during the year-end holiday season on both sides of the Atlantic.

Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old immigrant who mainly injured himself when he tried to detonate a pipe bomb in a New York subway on Monday, reportedly told investigators that he targeted the station based on the Christmas posters on the walls …

The Christmas-New Year threat is a perennial one, said Jeffrey Ringel, a former FBI counterterror official with The Soufan Group security consultancy …

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