Story highlights New York to protect Thanksgiving Day Parade with an eye toward Nice truck attack

There has been no specific threat, but an ISIS magazine suggests the parade would be a good target

(CNN) The New York Police Department on Tuesday outlined increased security precautions for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, a week after an ISIS magazine said the parade would make a good target, and a day after a man was arrested in Brooklyn and accused of expressing support for an attack in Times Square.

heavy sand trucks at cross streets along the parade route to protect from the kind of deadly truck attack that took place in The NYPD said for this year's parade, one new step will be to placeheavy sand trucks at cross streets along the parade route to protect from the kind of deadly truck attack that took place in Nice, France, in July . The weight of the vehicles is intended to block that type of attack, where an attacker driving a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day killed 86 pedestrians.

"The Nice attack was an indicator of something we had to make adjustments because of," said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. "That's why the sand trucks are there. And you will not see vehicles crossing the route of the parade."

To prevent a truck from being rented and used as a weapon, the police department says it has visited 135 truck rental locations to encourage vigilance when it comes to renting trucks to anyone exhibiting suspicious behavior.

The ISIS magazine Rumiyah last week described how effective a vehicle attack could be in inflicting high casualties. It cited the Nice attack as a model, and encouraged militant followers to rent a heavy truck and target any large outdoor gathering, "to ensure utmost carnage up on the enemies of Allah." Under a photo of the Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, the caption said, "An excellent target."

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