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FBI Director: 2019 'Deadliest' Year for Domestic Terrorism

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday that 2019
   was the deadliest year for domestic terrorism since the Oklahoma City
   truck bombing in 1995, adding that he'draised combating racially
   motivated violenceas anational priority for the bureau.

   "The spate of attacks we saw in 2019 underscores the continued threat
   posed by domestic violent extremists and perpetrators of hate crimes,"
   Wray said in prepared testimony before the House Judiciary
   Committee."Such crimes are not limited to the United States, and with
   the aid of internet like-minded hate groups can reach across borders."

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