Authorities in the Northern Virginia region are on alx going into the Halloween weekend after suburban DC authorities were alxed to a potential threat, possibly lixed to ISIS, to retail centers, a law enforcement official said Saturday.

一名执法官员本周六表示，弗吉尼亚州北部地区的当局在万圣节周末前保持戒备，此前郊区的DC当局被警告零售中心可能受到与ISIS有关的潜在威胁。

The credibility of the threat was still being assessed, but local authorities were notified out of an abundance of caution, said the official who is not authorized to comment publicly.

这名未被授权公开评论的官员说，威胁的可信度仍在评估中，但出于极大的谨慎，已通知了地方当局。
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One senior law enforcement official with access to the intelligence reporting said that it was considered a very real threat to Virginia, specifically shopping malls in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, area, about 50 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.

一位知晓情报报告的高级执法官员说，这被认为是对弗吉尼亚州的一个非常真实的威胁，特别是弗吉尼亚州弗雷德里克斯堡地区的购物中心位于华盛顿特区西南约50英里处。

“We are all over that,” in terms of alxing local, state and federal authorities in order to take appropriate cautions, he said.
But the law enforcement official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the ongoing investigation, said new intelligence that came in on Saturday indicated that the threat was not as significant or concrete as the initial information suggested.

他说：“我们已经注意到了这一点，”提醒了地方、州和联邦当局采取适当的措施。
但这位不愿透露姓名以讨论正在进行的调查的执法官员表示，周六收到的新情报显示，这一威胁没有最初信息所显示的那么重要或具体。
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“What I’m getting now is that it was a legitimate threat to Virginia specifically Fredericksburg, but that as of late this morning some of the higher side reporting is tamping down that threat,” the official said, explaining that the “higher side” reporting is what comes from super-secret sources and methods that cannot be shared with anyone without a top security clearance who is in a secure location to receive it.

这位官员说：“我现在得到的是，这是对弗吉尼亚州特别是弗雷德里克斯堡的合理威胁，但直到今天上午晚些时候，一些高层报告正在压制这种威胁。”高层报告来源超级秘密，如果没有安全位置接收报告的最高安全许可，不允许向任何人透露。

“The especially sensitive reporting that the public wouldn’t hear is dampening down the threat. So it is not as concerning today as it was yesterday or two days before,” he said.

他说：“公众不会听到的特别敏感的报道正在减弱威胁。因此，今天的情况不像昨天或两天前那样令人担忧。”

A Fredericksburg police department dispatcher had no comment on the threat intelligence and referred calls to the department’s spokesperson, who did not immediately return a message requesting comment.

弗雷德里克斯堡警察局的一名调度员对威胁情报不予置评，并将电话转交给该局发言人，发言人没有立即回复要求置评的消息。

The operations manager for the largest mall in the Fredericksburg area, Spotsylvania Towne Centre, declined to give his name but said mall personnel had been made aware of the threat and were responding accordingly.

弗雷德里克斯堡地区最大购物中心Spotsylvania Towne Centre的运营经理拒绝透露自己的姓名，但表示购物中心人员已经意识到了威胁，并做出了相应的反应。

On Friday, several police departments in the Northern Virginia region – which include some of the most densely populated communities in the Washington suburbs – said they were increasing police presence around shopping centers.

周五，弗吉尼亚州北部地区的几个警察部门—— 其中包括华盛顿郊区人口最密集的一些社区——表示，他们正在增加购物中心周围的警力。

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said he could not offer specifics about the threat in a press conference Friday regarding where it originated, but said he had been made aware of the potential threat on Thursday.

费尔法克斯（Fairfax）县警察局长凯文·戴维斯（Kevin Davis）在周五的记者招待会上说，他无法提供有关这一威胁的具体情况，但表示他已在周四意识到这一潜在威胁。

"As we work to corroborate it, we have increased our police presence throughout the county to include major thoroughfares, transit hubs, shopping plazas and shopping malls," Davis said at the press conference. He said his department was already preparing for a long weekend with Halloween on Sunday, schools in Fairfax out on Monday and Virginia elections on Tuesday.

戴维斯在记者招待会上说：“在我们努力证实这一点的同时，我们在全县包括主要大道、交通枢纽、购物广场和购物中心增加了警力。”
他说，他的部门已经在为周日的万圣节、周一费尔法克斯的学校和周二的弗吉尼亚选举准备了一个漫长的周末。

"While we have not received any credible information of a threat, we do ask our community to remain vigilant while we continue working with our law enforcement partners to ensure everyone remains safe," the Prince William County Police Department said in a statement

威廉王子郡警察局在一份声明中说：“虽然我们没有收到任何可信的威胁信息，但我们确实要求我们的社区保持警惕，同时我们继续与执法伙伴合作，确保每个人的安全。”

The Arlington County Police Department said in a statement the threat is unspecified and unconfirmed, but there would be stepped up police presence around the county. "There is no specific or identified threat to our region," the police department said.

阿灵顿县警察局在一份声明中说，这一威胁尚未确定，也未得到证实，但将在该县加强警力。“我们地区没有具体或确定的威胁，”警察局说。

In a brief written statement, the FBI declined comment. “However, we would remind you the FBI takes all potential threats to public safety seriously and we take all appropriate steps to determine the credibility of any information we receive,” the FBI said.

FBI在一份简短的书面声明中拒绝置评。联邦调查局说“然而，我们要提醒你，联邦调查局认真对待所有对公共安全的潜在威胁，我们采取一切适当措施来确定我们收到的任何信息的可信度。”

The Department of Homeland Security issued an advisory late this summer about possible terrorism threats leading up to the Sept. 11 anniversary and holidays surrounding it. The agency occasionally issues bulletins about nonspecific potential threats.

今年夏末，国土安全部发布了一份关于9.11周年纪念日前可能出现的恐怖主义威胁以及与之相关的假期的建议。该机构偶尔发布有关非特定潜在威胁的公告。

The agency saidin a statement to USA TODAY that it will continue to work closely with local agencies to share information about any potential threats, but did not comment specifically about any threats to the Northern Virginia region.

该机构在《今日美国》的一份声明中表示，它将继续与当地机构密切合作，分享有关任何潜在威胁的信息，但对北弗吉尼亚地区的任何威胁没有具体评论。