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Man accused of threatening Mall of America and schools is released; police found no explosives

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM · 1 min read
Man accused of threatening Mall of America and schools is released; police found no explosives — WCCO / CBS Minnesota, Burnsville Technology news
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A Minneapolis man called 911 and said he had built multiple bombs at home and planned to attack the Mall of America in Bloomington and schools in Minneapolis the next day, but officers who searched his home found no explosives, according to a court document.Minneapolis police responded Oct. 11 to the bomb threat. The caller, a 26-year-old man, said he wanted payback for the killing of George Floyd and belonged to a group that would carry out the attacks the next morning, the document says. He also said he would travel to Washington, D.C., to assassinate the president. He claimed he was part of a terrorist group in Ethiopia as a child and said the United States has been his enemy since then. Officers spoke with the man by phone. He told them he wasn't home and said, "You will not find us," then hung up and could not be reached again. Officers called his sister, who indicated he was inside the home.He eventually came outside and was detained. Asked about the threats, he told officers a f

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