FBI thwarts Miami mall bomb plot
By Wanda Carruthers From Newsmax
Federal agents thwarted a plot to bomb the Dolphin Mall following an undercover operation, arresting Vicente Solano of Miami, CBS Miami reported Sunday.
Authorities said Solano, who has made pro-Islamic State videos, planned to carry out a weapons of mass destruction attack at the mall located in Doral. Agents were tipped off by a confidential informant who had been in contact with Solano about the plot.
Undercover FBI agents supplied Solano with a hoax bomb, a strategy used in previous counter-terrorism investigations. Authorities said there was no evidence Solano had any connections to ISIS. He will appear in a Miami federal court on Monday.
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Shoppers at the Dolphin Mall in 2016 in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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