{"id":355227,"date":"2026-06-30T03:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355227\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T03:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:02:21","slug":"no-credibility-fbi-houston-releases-statement-on-alleged-threats-against-houston-stadium-during-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355227\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No credibility\u2019: FBI Houston releases statement on alleged threats against Houston Stadium during FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statement released as Houston hosts Brazil, Japan in Round of 32<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON, TEXAS &#8211; JUNE 02: A general view of FIFA World Cup 2026 signage at Houston Stadium on June 02, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Maria Lysaker\/Getty Images) (Maria Lysaker,  2026 Maria Lysaker)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Officials with the FBI\u2019s Houston field office have released a statement regarding alleged threats made against Houston Stadium as the venue hosts FIFA World Cup 2026 matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Shortly after noon on Monday, FBI Houston released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cFBI Houston is aware of a threat to Houston stadium circulating online. We are working with our local, state, and federal public safety partners to investigate who is behind the communication. At this time, there is no credibility to the threat. We continue to analyze and assess the situation. We urge the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity or individuals to law enforcement immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/02\/fbi-officials-taking-steps-to-prevent-lone-offender-threats-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup-matches-in-houston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FBI officials taking steps to prevent \u2018lone offender\u2019 threats ahead of FIFA World Cup matches in Houston<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">FBI Houston was made aware of the threats Thursday morning, authorities confirmed to KPRC 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The statement was released as Houston hosts its sixth of seven World Cup matches, with Brazil taking on Japan in the Round of 32.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KPRC 2 is working to learn more about the nature of the alleged threat and the circumstances surrounding it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorMichael Horton headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/TB0VZ7DB5PYO36DHL4XWDRPJST\/\" title=\"View Michael Horton&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Horton<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Michael is a Kingwood native who loves visiting local restaurants and overreacting to Houston sports. He earned his BA from Texas A&amp;M University in 2022 and his MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023. Michael is a credentialed media member for the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Statement released as Houston hosts Brazil, Japan in Round of 32 HOUSTON, TEXAS &#8211; JUNE 02: A general&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[294,3646,17688,18957,56,58,57,107851,223,8362,95414,27507],"class_list":["post-355227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime","tag-fbi","tag-fbi-houston","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-stadium","tag-news","tag-nrg-stadium","tag-reliant-stadium","tag-threat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}