Homeland Security chief: Be ‘vigilant’ at malls

The secretary of Homeland Security warned shoppers at Minnesota’s iconic Mall of America and similar venues to be vigilant in the wake of new terrorist threats.

 

“I’m not telling people to not go to the mall,” Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday on NBC’s Meet The Press. “I think that there needs to be an awareness.”

 

He said, “I’m saying that the public needs to be particularly vigilant.”

 

Hours later, department spokeswoman Marsha Catron said in a statement, “We are not aware of any specific, credible plot against the Mall of America or any other domestic commercial shopping center.”

 

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