U.S. Embassy in Moscow issues terror threat alert warning Americans to avoid crowds
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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued an urgent terror alert to American citizens warning them to avoid concerts and other large gatherings in the capital due to the "imminent" threat of an attack by extremists.
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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued an urgent terror alert to American citizens warning them to avoid concerts and other large gatherings in the capital due to the "imminent" threat of an attack by extremists.
The warning comes after Russia’s Federal Security Service, a successor agency to the KGB, said it thwarted a planned attack on a Moscow synagogue by the Islamic State.
The US embassy in Moscow warned its citizens to stay away from concerts and crowds in the next 48 hours, claiming that "extremists" were planning an attack in Russia's capital.
The U.S. Embassy in Russia warned U.S. citizens on Thursday to avoid large gatherings due to concerns that "extremists have imminent plans" to target large gatherings in Moscow this weekend. "The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, …