The man who allegedly plotted to bomb a Florida mall appears to have worked alone despite his claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, the FBI says.
An FBI agent testified at the bail hearing Thursday of 53-year-old Vicente Adolfo Solano. The agent said it appears that Solano came up with the idea on his own.
Solano allegedly plotted with an FBI confidential informant to bomb the busy food court at the Miami-area Dolphin Mall.
Solano was arrested last Friday after accepting a fake bomb from undercover FBI operatives outside the mall.
A federal judge denied bail for Solano at the hearing.
He faces life in prison if convicted of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Solano has not entered a plea.