FBI挫败ISIS启发的美国购物中心恐袭图谋，18岁嫌犯被捕
据路透社与《今日美国》报道，联邦当局10月7日宣布，联邦调查局挫败了一起受“伊斯兰国”（ISIS）启发的恐怖袭击图谋，逮捕了18岁的明尼苏达州里奇菲尔德（Richfield）居民谢赫敦·阿卜杜拉希·穆哈穆德（Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud）。
据10月7日解封的联邦诉状，穆哈穆德10月6日在里奇菲尔德一处公园与一名卧底探员完成交易：以600美元购得一支AK-47步枪、四个30发弹匣与约200发子弹，随即被逮捕。他被控一项“明知将用于联邦恐怖主义犯罪而接收枪支弹药”罪，最高可判15年监禁。
检方称，穆哈穆德曾向FBI线人表示，计划在10月24日商场举办的“苗族艺术节”（Hmong Arts Celebration）期间发动袭击，因为预计届时人流密集，他希望杀死30至60人。调查始于2024年12月（当时他仅16岁），近两年加密通讯记录显示，他曾讨论前往索马里加入青年党或ISIS，因无力承担旅费转而策划在美国本土袭击；今年7月，他扬言要在商场杀害非穆斯林，还声称商场所有者是犹太人。
据诉状，穆哈穆德数月来一直在谈论实施袭击的愿望，9月曾向线人表示迫不及待要动手。当线人问他为何选定10月24日时，他指向苗族艺术节，称活动将吸引大量人群。他已于10月7日在联邦治安法官伊丽莎白·考恩·赖特（Elizabeth Cowan Wright）面前首次出庭。
FBI局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）声明称：“此人据称获得了一件他希望用于支持ISIS的大规模伤亡袭击的武器，但FBI逮捕了他，阻止了他的计划。”明尼苏达州联邦检察官丹尼尔·罗森（Daniel Rosen）表示，本案表明受ISIS启发的威胁仍然“活跃且持续”。拥有500多家商店、主题乐园与水族馆的全美最大购物中心——美国购物中心表示正配合执法部门。
FBI Foils Alleged ISIS Plot to Attack Mall of America; 18-Year-Old Arrested
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal authorities announced Oct. 7 that the FBI had foiled an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to carry out a mass shooting at the Mall of America, arresting 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud of Richfield, Minnesota, Reuters and USA Today reported.
Mohamud was arrested Oct. 6 in a Richfield park moments after an undercover FBI employee sold him an AK-47 rifle, four 30-round magazines and about 200 rounds of ammunition for $600, according to a federal complaint unsealed Oct. 7. He was charged with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition to commit a federal terrorism crime, which carries up to 15 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Mohamud told an FBI source he planned to kill 30 to 60 people at the mall's Oct. 24 Hmong Arts Celebration because he expected a large crowd. The investigation, which began in December 2024 when Mohamud was 16, tracked nearly two years of encrypted messages in which he discussed joining al-Shabaab or ISIS overseas and, unable to afford travel, turned toward attacking Americans at home. In July, he allegedly said he wanted to kill non-Muslims at the mall, claiming its owners were Jewish.
According to the complaint, Mohamud spent months discussing his desire to carry out an attack, and in September told the source he could not wait to kill. When the source asked why he chose Oct. 24, Mohamud pointed to the Hmong Arts Celebration, saying the event would draw a large crowd. He made his initial court appearance Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright.
"This individual allegedly obtained a weapon he hoped to use in a mass casualty attack in support of ISIS, but this FBI arrested him and put a stop to his plans," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the case shows the ISIS-inspired threat remains "active and continuing." The Mall of America, the largest mall in the United States with more than 500 stores, a theme park and an aquarium, said it was cooperating with law enforcement.
图片来源：图：美国购物中心（Mall of America）入口标识。摄影：Tylervigen，CC BY 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
