FBI Foils Alleged ISIS Plot To Massacre Mall Of America Shoppers
An 18-year-old was charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Wednesday for allegedly planning a “mass casualty attack in support of ISIS” to take place at the Mall of America this month.
The suspect, an American citizen of Somali descent, Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, was arrested Tuesday and faces charges alleging he sought to acquire an AK-47 rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition with the intent to commit terrorism and provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said at a press briefing Wednesday.
“Today’s charges demonstrate that the threat of terrorism in support of ISIS and other foreign terrorist organizations is active and continuing,” Rosen said, before thanking the Minnesota-based FBI and the city of Bloomington police.
Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office, Christopher Dotson, said that Mohamud had allegedly described himself as “100 percent committed” to what Dotson referred to as his “planned jihad journey.”
Mohamud had allegedly met with someone whom he believed to be a member of ISIS on Tuesday to attempt to purchase an AK-47 rifle and ammunition, with the intent to use it in a high-traffic public area. (Read more from “FBI Foils Alleged ISIS Plot To Massacre Mall Of America Shoppers” HERE)
