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Source: theguardian.com
<p>Authorities say they arrested an 18-year-old who was planning a shooting attack at the Mall of America</p><p>FBI officials stopped a potential terrorist attack on the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, authorities announced Wednesday. An 18-year-old was arrested on one count of obtaining a firearm to carry out an act of terrorism.</p><p>Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud had been investigated over the last nearly two years by the FBI. He was arrested Tuesday in a public park after he paid $600 to an undercover FBI employee posing as a member of the Islamic State for an AK-47 and 200 rounds of ammunition, according to the criminal complaint.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/mall-of-america-thwarted-attack" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>
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