Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an 18-year-old suspect, was arrested by the FBI’s office in Minnesota for allegedly planning a mass shooting at the Mall of America shopping mall in Minnesota’s Bloomington.
FBI Director Kash Patel also released an update on the arrest of Mohamud. He has been charged with planning a mass shooting at the mall later this month in support of ISIS. He also got the FBI. ARRESTED before he could hurt a single American. This FBI doesn’t wait for terrorists to attack.
The FBI said that he planned to use an AK-47 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, CNN reported, citing court records. “He got an AK-style rifle and 200 rounds.
“An ISIS-inspired terrorist allegedly wanted to slaughter 30–60 innocent Americans at the Mall of America,” Patel wrote in a X post . On Wednesday, the FBI announced that they arrested Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud on Tuesday.
Mohamud procured a Norinco AK-47 rifle and around 200 rounds of ammunition, according to the court documents unsealed on Tuesday. Investigation into the 18-year-old also revealed that he expressed admiration for terror attacks in the US that have resulted in mass casualties.
