NEW YORK (WABC) — The 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade “will provide a broad set of potential soft targets for an attack” but there is no specific, actionable threat to an event that draws two million spectators, according to a bulletin from the FBI and law enforcement partners obtained by ABC News.<\/p>\n
The bulletin said there is a persistent threat from mass casualty and targeted shootings like the September assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah.<\/p>\n
The bulletin also called out the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans to spotlight a concern about vehicle ramming.<\/p>\n
“We remain concerned about the use of vehicle ramming against high-profile outdoor events such as the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Vehicle ramming has become a recurring tactic employed by threat actors in the West who target crowded pedestrian areas, marked by a continued interest from foreign terrorist organizations and their supporters, domestic violence extremists, and other lone offenders,” the document said.<\/p>\n
Sanitation trucks and other vehicles used to block intersections are expected to be in place for the parade.<\/p>\n
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