US warns of risk of repeating 9/11 terrorist attacks

October 19, 2017 14:42

Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke warned that extremists are planning a major terrorist attack like the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly three thousand people.

Vụ khủng bố ngày 11/9/2001 đã giết hại 3.000 người.
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 killed nearly 3,000 people.

"Terrorist groups like ISIS and others are plotting to carry out an attack similar to what they did on 9/11. They want to bring down the plane, the intelligence is clear about this," the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.Elaine Dukespeech at the US Embassy in London.

According to Ms. Duke, IS is currently in a transitional period when fighters "need to secure financial support, continue to show off while preserving their strength, so they will carry out small intentions to move on to do big things."

According to Sputnik

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