• The nature of the threat was vague. The FBI’s Newark office released a statement urging synagogues to “take all security precautions to protect your community and facility” but wouldn’t say anything about who made the threat or why.
• The alert was posted after officials discovered an online threat directed broadly at synagogues in New Jersey, a law enforcement official said. The official said that the posting did not target any specific synagogue by name. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
• Messages left with the FBI’s Newark office weren’t returned.

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