People also gathered outside the French Consulate in NY to pay their respects, and created a memorial for the lives that were lost in the attacks. Multiple attacks across Paris on Friday night have left scores dead and hundreds in…
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The National Basketball Association, which had 11 games on the schedule Friday night, said it was increasing security at each of the venues.
NY City police say officers have been deployed to sites across the city, including French government buildings.
A US official briefed by the Justice Department stated intelligence officers have detected elevated chatter encouraging an assault on the USA however nothing of any credible substance. But elsewhere across the nation, like at the Mall of America in Minnesota, it was business as usual.
Police in NY say they’ve deployed extra units to crowded areas of the city “out of an abundance of caution” in the wake of the attacks in Paris, France.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement that “we know of no specific or credible threats of an attack on the USA homeland of the type that appeared in Paris tonight”.
In Washington, D.C., additional law enforcement officers were deployed to French-owned sites and other high-profile locations out of “an abundance of caution”, said police spokesman Officer Sean Hickman.
NY City Mayor Bill de Blasio says NY is constantly on alert for coordinated terror attacks, especially in the wake of an attack in Paris that has killed dozens.
“Today, and in the days ahead, NY will light One World Trade Centre in blue, white and red as we stand in solemn solidarity with the people of France, just as they have done for us in our own times of tragedy”.
Additional uniformed and plainclothes Metropolitan Transportation Authority officers will be located at Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal and other major stations serving the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road network.
Heavily armed NY police officers keep watch Saturday in Times Square as cities around the world step up security after… In Boston, the MA State Police stated “a complete and multi-layered safety package deal” was in place at Logan Worldwide Airport and patrols enhanced close to the State Home.
“We strongly recommend that fans do not bring bags with them to the stadium”, the league said, adding that any bags that are brought in must be made of clear plastic.
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In Minnesota, a Bloomington police official said the force had no strategies to improve security in the Mall of America, which finds a few 40 million visitors annually. A person pauses after placing flowers outside the gates of the French Embassy in Washington, Saturday, November 14, 2015, following deadly attacks in Paris on Friday.
