Homeland Security chief warns of terror threat on Mall of America
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that shoppers should take seriously a threatened attack on Minnesota's Mall of America.
"If anyone is planning to go to the Mall of America today, they've got to be particularly careful," Johnson said on CNN.
The terror group Al-Shabaab recently named the sprawling mall as a potential terror target. Johnson cautioned that though an attack did not appear to be imminent, various terror groups, including Al-Shabaab and ISIS, were "competing for attention" and recruits by ramping up their threats.
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