FBI warns of a major ‘coordinated terror attack’ on a ‘whole other level’

The FBI director Christopher Wray has issued a warning of a major “coordinated terror attack” that could happen in a public space as the threat of a terrorist attack is now at an time high in the US.

The FBI have warned the attack could be on a “whole other level” and they are “increasingly concerned” that the attack could happen to something similar to the Moscow Russian concert hall attack that saw 144 killed.

The FBI director said that “lone actors or small radicalised groups” could undertake a terrorist attack in a public place on US soil.

Wray told NBC News, “As I look back over my career in law enforcement I’m hard-pressed to come up with a time when I’ve seen so many different threats all elevated at the same time, whether it’s threats from China, Russia, Iran, the terrorist threats, both foreign and domestic terrorism threats.”

He added, “We are increasingly concerned [about] the potential for some kind of coordinated attack here in the homeland, which may be not that different from what you saw against the concert hall in Russia a few weeks ago from ISIS-K.”

A few weeks back the FBI director warned Congress over the threats, Wray said, “Our most immediate concern has been that individuals or small groups will draw twisted inspiration from the events in the Middle East to carry out attacks here at home.

But now increasingly concerning is the potential for a coordinated attack here in the homeland, akin to the ISIS-K attack we saw at the Russia Concert Hall a couple weeks ago.

He warned that terrorists are using “mafia-like tactics” in launching surprise “coordinated attacks” and groups such as ISIS-K are conducting themselves in an “increasingly concerning way.”

Wray said, “Foreign terrorists, including ISIS, al-Qaida, and their adherents, have renewed calls for attacks against Jewish communities here in the United States and across the West in statements and propaganda.

The foreign terrorist threat and the potential for a coordinated attack here in the homeland, like the ISIS-K attack we saw at the Russia Concert Hall a couple of weeks ago, is now increasingly concerning. October 7 and the conflict that’s followed will feed a pipeline of radicalisation and mobilisation for years to come.”