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  "id": 12716668,
  "title": "FBI says it stopped a Mall of America terror attack by a teen after agents sold him an assault rifle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-says-it-stopped-a-mall-of-america-terror-attack-by-a-teen-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:56:02.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-says-it-stopped-a-mall-of-america-terror-attack-by-a-teen-after-agents-sold-him-an-assault-rifle"
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  "summary": "FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the assault rifle he planned to use, authorities said Wednesday.",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Man eyed Mall of America for attack, pledged allegiance to ISIS, FBI says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/man-eyed-mall-of-america-for-attack-pledged-allegiance-to-isis-fbi",
        "published": "2026-10-07T16:43:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "FBI says it thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teen it supplied with an assault rifle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-says-it-thwarted-an-attack-on-the-mall-of-america-by-a-teen-it",
        "published": "2026-10-07T17:19:55.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Man arrested in foiled mass shooting plot at Mall of America, federal officials say",
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        "published": "2026-10-07T17:49:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Planned gun attack on America's largest mall thwarted 'after teen bought assault rifle'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/planned-gun-attack-on-americas-largest-mall-thwarted-after-teen",
        "published": "2026-10-07T18:45:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Who is Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud? Teen arrested for planning alleged mass shooting at Mall of America in Minnesota",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/who-is-sheikhdoon-abdullahi-mohamud-teen-arrested-for-planning",
        "published": "2026-10-07T19:05:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "FBI foils alleged terrorist attack at Minneapolis's Mall of America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-foils-alleged-terrorist-attack-at-minneapoliss-mall-of-america",
        "published": "2026-10-07T19:47:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "FBI arrests man accused of plotting Mall of America attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-arrests-man-accused-of-plotting-mall-of-america-attack",
        "published": "2026-10-07T20:26:18.000Z"
      }
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