DHS warns of copycat attacks after hostage standoff in Texas synagogue
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Washington — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror threat bulletin Monday warning that supporters of foreign terrorist organizations have encouraged copycat attacks following last month's hostage standoff crisis at Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.
"The recent attack on a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas highlights the continuing threat of violence based upon racial or religious motivations, as well as threats against faith-based organizations," the department cautioned in its latest National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin.
The warning said that the "primary terrorism-related threat to the United States continues to stem from lone offenders or small cells of individuals" whose grievances are increasingly "cultivated through the consumption of certain online content."
