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Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander says there is no cause for alarm following an advisory from the U.S. Embassy warning its citizens to avoid government facilities in Trinidad and Tobago over the Divali weekend.

He confirms that a potential threat was detected but says it has since been "alleviated."

More from Nicole M. Romany.
Transcript
00:00The Homeland Security Minister acknowledged that the United States Embassy has detected a potential threat.
00:07However, he says, in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago government, the threat was thoroughly assessed and addressed.
00:15What I can tell you is this, it's not just the law enforcement agencies in and around Trinidad,
00:22but working alongside the Americans, we can say that the threats at this time, if you want to use the word neutralize, fine,
00:35but we want to say that the threats have been alleviated at this time.
00:42He also dismisses claims that the Prime Minister and other senior government officials had fled the country out of fear,
00:49calling such reports baseless.
00:52They were saying also that the AG, the Prime Minister, and the president was out of the country,
00:59the president was out of the country on holidays or some visit that she had.
01:05So that was quite normal and that was done long before because those documents have come and approved by government long before.
01:13So there was no there, there, other than what the social media was trying to put together.
01:22When asked whether the threat is connected to the wider geopolitical tensions among Trinidad and Tobago, the United States and Venezuela,
01:31the minister confirmed that it is.
01:33When persons have intentions of carrying out threats, you never know how far they will go.
01:39You see, so, yeah, I want to, I want to at least totally line with it at the same time,
01:45but it looked like it was coming from a particular direction and you, you might be right.
01:50Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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