What was said by the embassy on its social media channels?
• In the region of Sandon, a wealthy suburb to the north of the city centre, “the US government has obtained intelligence indicating that terrorists may plan to carry out an attack targeting huge gatherings.”
• The embassy staff was urged to avoid gatherings in the area at the end of the week since “there is no other information concerning the timing, method, or purpose of this prospective attack.”
According to David Feldman, spokesman for the embassy, “We have nothing to add to the warning.”
According to “Agence France Presse,” the South African government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not confirm the claim and did not wish to respond at the time.
In recent years, there have been no attacks in South Africa.
More than a thousand soldiers have been deployed from South Africa since July 2021 in the neighboring Mozambique, to help its army, which has been fighting an armed group that has been terrorizing 5 years ago, and its attacks left 4,300 dead and one million displaced.
Due to the rising risk of terrorist attacks, numerous Western nations’ embassies, including the US, urged their nationals on Monday to limit travel to Nigeria.
a US alert on a “terrorist strike” in South Africa
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