IS calls for 'slaughter' on Election Day

The Islamic State terror group has called for "slaughter" of American voters on Election Day and urged Muslims not to participate in the democratic process, according to a US-based terrorist monitoring group.

 Ritz Katz, director of the SITE Intelligence Group, said on Twitter that the threats appear in an essay carried by the Islamic State's Al Hayat media center that declares militants "have come to slaughter you and smash your ballot boxes." The warning is carried in a seven-page manifesto, entitled 'The Murtadd Vote', The USA TODAY reported.

The essay also declares there is no difference between the Republican and Democratic parties in their "policies against Islam and Muslims".

Regarding possible vote-related threats, federal authorities are reviewing information about al-Qaida's potential interest in conducting attacks in the US on the eve of Tuesday's elections, several federal and state law enforcement officials had said on Friday.

The credibility of the threat, which identified New York, Virginia and Texas as locations, has not been established, one official told USA TODAY.