FBI director Christopher Wray has warned that 'the threat of terrorism is everywhere' as he revealed the bureau has made 120 terror-related arrests in the past year alone.
In an interview with CBS This Morning, Wray also said that terrorists were just as likely to target smaller towns in the US and said that attacks could happen 'from coast to coast'.
'We had about 1,000 investigations into just these homegrown violent extremists,' Wray said, 'that's out of about 5,000 terrorism investigations.
'People think of the 9/11 threat, they think New York, they think D.C. Today's terrorism threat is everywhere, coast to coast, north, south, east, west. It's not just big cities.'
In an interview with CBS This Morning Wray said the FBI receives around two terror tip-offs per day as it constantly deals with the threat
Wray (right) warned that terror attacks can happen anywhere in the US as jihadis target smaller cities
According to Wray, attacks were foiled in the past year on a San Francisco pier, a shopping mall in Miami, and crowds at a Fourth of July celebration in Cleveland.
The warning comes 17 years to the day since the 9/11 terror attacks rocked the US killing 2,996 people.
Wray was quick to say he believed 'we're safer' since 9/11 but that terrorism had evolved since then.
Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts (pictured) was arrested in July after plotting to attack a celebration in downtown Cleveland
The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force receives about 15,000 tips a year, which works out to 40 tips a day or two tips an hour.
Most recently Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts was arrested for allegedly assisting Al Qaeda plot a Fourth of July terror attack in Ohio.
The US citizen allegedly proclaimed allegiance to Al Qaeda and planned to attack a Fourth of July celebration in downtown Cleveland by setting off a van filled with explosives and by sending remote control cars filled with bombs and shrapnel to the children of military officers.
He also wanted to take St. John's Cathedral in Cleveland 'off the map'.
Pitts wanted to target crowds that would gather for the Fourth of July parade in Cleveland as well firework spectators near his building, officials said.
Police revealed that last week he surveyed Fourth of July celebration locations throughout downtown Cleveland, scouting Voinovich Park and the US Coast Guard station, to plan the attack.
His plans were foiled after he detailed his intentions to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Al Qaeda associate.
Pitts planned to hit a parade and fireworks spectators, particularly striking federal agents. A file photo from the parade is seen above
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Main photo article FBI director Christopher Wray has warned that ‘the threat of terrorism is everywhere’ as he revealed the bureau has made 120 terror-related arrests in the past year alone.
In an interview with CBS This Morning, Wray also said that terrorists were just as likely to target smaller...
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