Major US Muslim group moves Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it will relocate its annual banquet Saturday from the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington. CAIR says the hotel reported anonymous callers have threatened to plant bombs in the hotel’s parking garage and kill hotel staff. CAIR says the threats came after it updated its banquet programming to focus on Palestinians caught in the Middle Eastern conflict that has killed hundreds of civilians. The group says Arlington police and the FBI are investigating.