WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS — Law-enforcement officials in US cities were beefing up security on Thursday (Jan 2) after a deadly attack in New Orleans and an explosion outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas raised fears of more threats in a month packed with large-scale public events.

Police in Washington, the site of the Jan 9 state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter and President-elect Donald Trump's Jan 20 inauguration, said in a statement they had raised security across the city "in light of recent events," and that the community will notice an increased police presence.

Republican Trump is also due to hold a "victory rally" at Washington's Capital One Arena on Jan 19. By Wednesday night, as fans arrived for a Washington Wizards basketball game at the arena, vehicle barriers closed off an adjacent street, a security measure not usually seen before the NBA team's home games.

Trump's Nov 5 presidential election victory is due to be certified by the US Congress on Jan 6 — the fourth anniversary of an attack on the US Capitol building by Trump supporters at the same ceremony in 2021.

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