ASIO chief Mike Burgess warns that the agency sees a direct correlation between inflammatory language and “a small number of people who think violence is the answer”.
The heads of the US and Australian intelligence agencies have jointly warned about the heightened threat and potential for violence spilling over on home soil due to the bloodshed in the Middle East, as they condemned Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel.
“It’s something that we all have to be mindful of, and that’s for all Australians to play their part.” Earlier, the ripple effects of the war came to the fore in Chicago at the funeral of a 6-year-old boy who police say was stabbed by his landlord 26 times on Saturday because he was Muslim.APAsked if his assessment of domestic threats in the US had changed in light of events such as this, FBI Director Wray said he did not wish to comment on specific cases, but noted that there had been an increase in reported threats against Jewish Americans and Muslim Americans since the war began.