US issues terror alert over anti-govt extremists, urges to avoid large crowds

The department of homeland security issued a national terrorism advisory system bulletin due to a heightened threat environment across the United States.

The US Department of Homeland Security declared a nationwide terrorism alert Wednesday, citing the potential threat from domestic anti-government extremists after Joe Biden was sworn in as president.

Violent rioters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington. (File Photo / AP)

"Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence," the department said.