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A San Antonio police cruiser closes off a bit of road downtown on this 2022 photograph.
The San Antonio Police Division, native companies and a Jewish neighborhood middle say they’re stepping up safety after a former Hamas chief known as for a “International Day of Jihad” this Friday.
The nonprofit group Center East Media Analysis Institute reported that the terrorist group’s former chief, Khaled Meshaal, known as for software of “jihad” as Israel mounts reprisals for final weekend’s terror assaults. The phrase “Day of Jihad” additionally has periodically trended on the web platform X, previously often known as Twitter.
“The SAPD Southwest Texas Fusion Middle (SWTXFC) is working carefully with its native, state and federal companions to stay alert and knowledgeable of any attainable threats within the Metropolis of San Antonio and our surrounding space of accountability,” SAPD officers mentioned in a press release. “At present, the SWTXFC has no indications of any credible threats.”
The SWTXFC collects and shares info between the state and native police businesses on potential legal or terrorist threats.
Though SAPD hasn’t obtained new intelligence on credible threats, the division urged residents to report suspicious exercise. “As at all times, should you see one thing, say one thing,” officers mentioned within the assertion.
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— San Antonio PD (@SATXPolice) October 13, 2023
Native buying facilities, together with the RIM on the far North Facet, have additionally stepped up safety, in accordance with Julee Zack, vp of promoting at Massive V Properties, the buying middle’s possession group.
“As a part of our dedication to making sure a safe setting for all, we’re implementing enhanced safety measures,” Zack mentioned. “You will need to notice that these measures are strictly precautionary. Our proactive efforts purpose to supply peace of thoughts to everybody visiting and having fun with our facilities.”
The Barshop Jewish Neighborhood Middle in North San Antonio can be taking precautions, together with limiting its variety of entry factors and upping safety.
“Out of an abundance of warning, we’re closing the East entrance and walkway resulting in the campus in the interim,” middle officers mentioned in a Fb submit. “And you’ll doubtless see extra safety all through campus. These adjustments will likely be efficient [Thursday] morning, and we are going to replace you as soon as the walkway and East entrance reopen. Whereas there may be at the moment no credible menace to our metropolis or the campus, because the state of affairs has intensified globally, we imagine this an applicable change.”
On Sunday, the day after a brutal terrorist assault by Hamas on Israeli civilians, Gov. Greg Abbott expedited the discharge of greater than $4 million in state funds to safe Jewish faculties, synagogues and organizations throughout Texas. Not less than 175,655 Jews at the moment reside within the state.
A latest Anti-Defamation League research labeled Texas a hotbed for antisemitism and hate teams. That report was primarily based on three years of information on white supremacist, anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ exercise, in accordance with its authors.
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