Law enforcement officers in Portland Oregon derailed a plot to bomb the lighting of a community Christmas tree Friday night.
CNN reported that Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a 19-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia, was seized in connection with a plan to detonate a vehicle bomb.
But the bomb turned out to be a fake and none of the contents were actually explosive.
However, officials believe Mohamud thought the bomb was real and intended to detonate it at the lighting ceremony.
