(Reuters) - Federal officials have warned authorities in New York, Texas and Virginia about an unspecific threat of attacks by the al Qaeda militant group around Election Day, putting local law enforcement on alert the weekend before Tuesday's vote, officials said on Friday.
A U.S. government source in Washington said some federal agencies sent bulletins to local and state officials flagging the information but that the threat was relatively low level.
The New York Police Department and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey were alerted to the information, the local agencies said.
The port authority, which operates airports, tunnels and bridges around New York City, is continuing high levels of patrol it has had in place, said spokesman Steve Coleman.
He declined to offer specifics of the warning, but the police department said the threat report lacked specifics and was still being assessed.
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