NYPD redeploys counterterror units in response to Kenya jihad attack

"There is no specific threat to the city."

NBC 4 New York:

The NYPD said that that it has redeployed some of its counterterror units in response to the attack on a mall in Kenya Saturday that killed dozens, but that there are no specific threats to the city.

"We keep track of events across the globe as they unfold and we adjust our counter terrorism efforts accordingly," said Deputy Commissioner John McCarthy in a statement. We have redeployed our critical response and hercules teams as a precaution. There is no specific threat to city."

Gunmen with heavy artillery stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi Saturday, killing at least 39 people and wounding 150.