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New York police have stepped up security after receiving what city officials called a credible threat that the city's subway system could be the target of a terrorist attack in coming days.
At a news conference late on Thursday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed the subway has received a specific threat, originated overseas and calls it the most specific terrorist threat New York officials had received up until now.
 "We have never had before a specific threat to our subway system. There have been people all the time on the internet and everyplace else, you know, 'I'm going to go get those guys,' but this was, suffice it to say that this had, it's importance was enhanced above the normal level by the detail that was available to us from various intelligence sources."
A law enforcement official says the threat is "specific to place, time and method," and the method is by bombing.
In response, New York police have started looking through bags, brief cases, baby strollers and luggage, as they launch a large-scale search of New York's mass transit system.
An estimated 4 and a half million passengers ride the subway on an average weekday. The raised threat level remains at orange, the same level it has stayed at since 11 September 11th, 2001.
In July, the city began random subway searches following the London bombings.
To date, no one in New York has been arrested or detained.
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