Mall of America Shoppers Warned of Potential Terrorist Threat
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ICYMI with all the Oscar-watching parties or high-ocatane sporting pay-per-views this past weekend, Minneapolis/St. Paul was placed on high alert by the U.S. Government.
The city is Bloomington, Minnesota — as in the home of the Mall of America.
The shopping saturnalia is the Great American Melting Pot. It’s so large, seven Yankee Stadiums, 32 Boeing 747s or 258 Statue of Liberties (on her side) could fit inside. According to CNN and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, this fact makes it a prime target for terrorist groups like Al-Shabaab:
“If anyone is planning to go to the Mall of America today, they’ve got to be particularly careful,” Johnson said.
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