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<\/source><\/p>\nIt follows violent protests at the US Capitol last week in opposition to the confirmation of Joe Biden’s election win by Congress. The unrest led to a charge on the Capitol Building and left five people dead, according to US reports.<\/p>\n
Now, Jacob N. Shapiro, a politics professor at Princeton University in the US, has warned the risk of further attacks is “significant” in the run-up to Mr Biden’s inauguration.<\/p>\n
He told Express.co.uk: “We should be quite concerned about isolated acts of violence.<\/p>\n
“I do not anticipate wide-spread civil unrest, but I think the risk of a few protests leading to attacks on Government offices is significant.”<\/p>\n
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Indeed, Twitter has warned plans for “armed protests” were already being made on its platform just days after last Wednesday’s events.<\/p>\n
It said the plans included “a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021”.<\/p>\n
Professor Shapiro also cast a critical eye over how incoming president Joe Biden can solve the huge problem he faces in uniting US citizens across its vast political gulf.<\/p>\n
READ: Joe Biden tipped to back Brexit in US-UK trade deal U-turn: ‘They all want it’<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Biden has made unity one of his key commitments following his election win in November.<\/p>\n In a victory speech shortly after US media reported his win over sitting president Donald Trump, Mr Biden said: “I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn’t see Red and Blue states, but a United States.”<\/p>\n He added he would “work with all my heart to win the confidence of the whole people”.<\/p>\n DON’T MISS: He also reached out to supporters of Mr Trump, urging both sides to “put away the harsh rhetoric” and “lower the temperature”.<\/p>\n Since then, the US political divide has remained, culminating in last week’s violence and the threat of further unrest.<\/p>\n Professor Shapiro said Mr Biden must now seek to address “the deeper” issues driving the divisions, citing the media as one of them.<\/p>\n He told Express.co.uk: “There are deep systemic issues leading to last week’s events.<\/p>\n “The question the Biden administration should be asking is not how the President-elect can use his bully pulpit to unite a divided America, it is what should be done to address the deeper systemic issues driving the conflict, including the emergence of news bubbles and erosion of local media.”<\/p>\n Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony is due to take place on January 20.<\/p>\n Mr Trump has said he will not be attending, in a move that will see him join just a handful of other US presidents to be absent at the handover of presidential powers.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/Capitol-protests-2848577.jpg?r=1610518752269\")
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