Texas teenager arrested for allegedly plotting mass shooting at mall: U.S. authorities

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. MAY 2, 2018 / 12:27 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Texas teenager arrested for allegedly plotting mass shooting at mall: U.S. authorities

Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 17-year-old in Plano, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly plotting a mass shooting attack inspired by the Islamic State at a local shopping mall, law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday.

The FBI and local police said high school student Matin Azizi-Yarand had planned the attack for mid-May and had sought to recruit others to participate in the shooting. Authorities also said he had drafted a “Message to America” justifying his planned attack. He is currently in custody and bond has been set for $3 million.

Reporting by Lisa Lambert and Mark Hosenball

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shooting-arrest/texas-teenager-arrested-for-allegedly-plotting-mass-shooting-at-mall-u-s-authorities-idUSKBN1I32BS

[marble falls]

1. In the end it will be discovered he never contacted ISIS, he was only in contact with gov't....

agents who provided all the literature/equipment and most of his adopted cant.