He said the suspect immediately took off running but was quickly found and arrested at the mall. The 4.2-million-square-foot Mall of America is in Bloomington, about 10 miles south of Minneapolis. In 2015, the al-Shabab extremist group called for an attack on the Mall of America and other shopping centres in a video. In response, the Mall of America said it was tightening security, and that some of the extra precautions would be noticeable to guests and others would not be. A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 15 years in prison last year for attacking two brothers at the Macy’s department store at the mall.

Source: thestar April 12, 2019 17:57 UTC