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Waco authorities investigate new threats from biker gangs

Xinhua, May 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. authorities on Friday are investigating new threats from biker gangs involved in the deadly shootout that killed nine and injured 18 more in the Texas city of Waco, local media reported.

The alleged new threats were disclosed in a security bulletin by the Texas Department of Public Safety Thursday. Gangs involved in the Waco shooting threatened to retaliate against Waco police officers and state troopers who exchanged fire with them in Sunday 's shooting, according to the bulletin.

Among the threats are running over officers at traffic stops and the use of grenades and Molotov cocktails and firearms. The bulletin also warns of plots targeting high-ranking law enforcement officials and their families with car bombs.

The bulletin includes some locations as possible targets: McLennan County Jail in Waco as well as sites in Austin, El Paso, Dallas, Corpus Christi and Houston.

The bulletin is based on unsubstantiated information from an informant who claimed to have obtained it from Bandidos and Black Widows motorcycle gang members, according to the Dallas Morning News. The credibility of the threats cannot be verified at the time, but Waco police said they had received threats from the gangs previously.

A fight between at least five motorcycle gangs at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco turned deadly Sunday after some members opened gunfire. Nine people were killed, 19 others were injured and 170 of the 200-some gang members at the scene were arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime, with bond set at 1 million U.S. dollars for each suspect. No officers or civilians were hurt in the incident. Endite