FBI Says It Foiled Teenager’s Plot to Attack Mall of America

The FBI announced Wednesday that it had thwarted a planned attack on the Mall of America involving a teenager armed with an assault rifle.

According to the bureau’s account, FBI agents had supplied the rifle to the teenager. The available details did not explain the circumstances of that transfer.

The reported plot also involved $600, although the role of the money was not specified in the information provided.

The announcement identified the shopping centre as the intended target but offered no further details about the teenager’s identity or the timing of the planned attack.