明尼阿波利斯——当局于周三宣布，联邦调查局在向一名少年提供突击步枪后，挫败了他对美国商城发动的袭击。
MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teenager after agents supplied him with an assault rifle, authorities announced Wednesday.
根据美国联邦检察官丹尼尔·罗森（Daniel Rosen）描述的一份联邦诉状，这名18岁的少年已经接受了近两年的调查，期间一直在与一名秘密线人互发信息，之后特工向他出售了步枪和弹药。
The 18-year-old had been under investigation for nearly two years, trading messages with a confidential informant, before agents sold him the rifle and ammunition, according to a federal complaint described by U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen.
根据刑事诉讼书，18岁的谢赫多恩·阿卜杜拉hi·穆罕默德（Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud）周二在一个公园被捕，当时他向一名伪装成ISIS成员的联邦调查局卧底员工支付了600美元，购买了一支AK-47和200发子弹。
Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, was arrested Tuesday in a public park after he paid $600 to an undercover FBI employee posing as a member of ISIS for an AK-47 and 200 rounds of ammunition, according to the criminal complaint.
诉状称，穆罕默德在与联邦调查局秘密消息来源的短信中，多次表明他蓄意发动袭击以杀死非穆斯林。目前尚不清楚这名少年是否有律师为其辩护。
In text messages with a confidential FBI source, Mohamud repeatedly affirmed his intent to carry out an attack to kill non-Muslims, the complaint said. It was not immediately known if the teen had an attorney who might speak on his behalf.