The US State Department in a fact sheet on Malta has not changed a view, first expressed seven months ago, that “no indigenous terrorist or extremist groups are known to be active in Malta.”

The State Department yesterday issued a global travel warning to Americans to be cautious in view of an upsurge in terrorist attacks.

The fact sheet on Malta, uploaded in April this year and not changes since, points out that no foreign terrorist organization has carried out an attack against U.S. interests in Malta in recent years.

It warns, however that: “Due to its geographic location and status as a Schengen Zone country, Malta could be used as a possible staging point for terrorists desiring to enter other EU countries or as a refuge for terrorists attempting to evade detection."

U.S. citizens were reminded to remain alert and aware of their immediate surroundings and exercise caution when out and about in Malta,” the fact sheet says.