Las Vegas authorities on alert after finding ‘credible threat’ in ISIS propaganda video that calls for lone wolf attacks on The Strip
Las Vegas police are stepping up patrols after chilling ISIS threat against Strip
Terror propaganda video calls for lone wolf car and knife attacks on US icons
Shows Caesar’s Palace, Bellagio Hotel and other scenes from Las Vegas Strip
Authorities on alert ahead of big crowds expected for Memorial Day weekend
By KEITH GRIFFITH
DAILYMAIL.COM
26 May 2017
Police and counter-terrorism officials in Las Vegas are on alert after an ISIS propaganda video calling for lone wolf knife and truck attacks on the city’s famed Strip has been deemed a credible threat.
The threat emerged last week in a sick 44-minute video from the terrorist group that showed footage of Caesar’s Palace, the Bellagio Hotel and other icons from the casino row on South Las Vegas Boulevard.
Though the footage has been determined to be from 2015, authorities are taking no chances in the wake of the Manchester Arena massacre, and as the coming Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to bring big crowds to The Strip.
‘I think anytime somebody goes on the internet and makes a threat that they’re going to conduct a lone-wolf or any type of attack, it’s our responsibility to view it as a credible threat,’ Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Christopher Darcy, who heads the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
‘It would be irresponsible not to take any threat as credible, especially when made by a group such as ISIS, who has in fact carried out attacks in the past,’ Darcy said.
The terror propaganda video, released by ISIS on May 17, features extremist fighters from the US, Canada, the UK, Russia and Belgium, who call on Muslims living in the West to carry attacks on civilian targets.
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