The FBI thwarted a bomb plot at the tree lighting at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Friday night. Torsten Kjellstrand / The OregonianSomali-Born Teenager Held in Oregon Bomb Sting -- New York Times/AP
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Undercover agents in a sting operation arrested a Somali-born teenager just as he tried blowing up a van full of what he believed were explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, federal authorities said.
The bomb was a fake supplied by the agents and the public was never in danger, authorities said.
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested at 5:40 p.m. Friday just after he dialed a cell phone that he thought would set off the blast but instead brought federal agents and police swooping down on him.
Yelling "Allahu Akbar!" — Arabic for "God is great!" — Mohamud tried to kick agents and police after he was taken into custody, according to prosecutors.
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My Comment: Another close call .... correction .... very close call.
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