The FBI stopped an 18-year-old man from carrying out a terrorist attack at the Mall of America in support of ISIS, the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota announced on Wednesday.

Sheikhdoon Mohamud, a U.S. citizen of Somali descent, was arrested and charged as part of a yearslong sting operation undertaken by the FBI. He had been under investigation since December 2024.

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