NEW York increased security in Manhattan after a website carried reports that Islamic militants intended to attack the city with a radiological device.
Police spokesman Brian Sessa said authorities were using radiological monitoring equipment at the city's bridges and tunnels after the threat appeared on the Israeli website Debka.com.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the precautionary measures were no different from other counter-terrorist activity in New York since the September 11 attacks of 2001, and that the city's security level was unchanged at "orange".
He said the New York Police Department began to increase security late on Friday to guard against what he described as an "unverified threat".
"These actions are like those that the NYPD takes every day - precautions against potential but unconfirmed threats that may never materialise.
"As New Yorkers, we have gone about our lives even with the daily threat level at 'orange' every day since September 11, 2001.
"That threat level has not changed because of this unverified threat, and we shouldn't let anyone terrorise us by spreading fear,'' he said.
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Police spokesman Brian Sessa said authorities were using radiological monitoring equipment at the city's bridges and tunnels after the threat appeared on the Israeli website Debka.com.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the precautionary measures were no different from other counter-terrorist activity in New York since the September 11 attacks of 2001, and that the city's security level was unchanged at "orange".
He said the New York Police Department began to increase security late on Friday to guard against what he described as an "unverified threat".
"These actions are like those that the NYPD takes every day - precautions against potential but unconfirmed threats that may never materialise.
"As New Yorkers, we have gone about our lives even with the daily threat level at 'orange' every day since September 11, 2001.
"That threat level has not changed because of this unverified threat, and we shouldn't let anyone terrorise us by spreading fear,'' he said.
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