The 18-year-old had been under investigation for nearly two years.
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MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teenager after agents supplied him with an assault rifle, authorities announced Wednesday.
The 18-year-old had been under investigation for nearly two years, trading messages with a confidential informant, before agents sold him the rifle and ammunition, according to a federal complaint described by U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen.
Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, was arrested Tuesday in a public park after he
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