A Syrian refugee who came to the U.S. 3 years ago has been charged in an ISIS-inspired plot to bomb a Christian church in Pittsburgh, the Justice Department said.
A Syrian refugee who came to the United States three years ago has been charged in an IMustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, recorded a video of himself pledging an oath of allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group and bought bomb-making materials for a FBI undercover employee and a FBI confidential source to use in an attack, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
"Targeting places of worship is beyond the pale, no matter what the motivation," Assistant Attorney General John Demers said."The defendant is alleged to have plotted just such an attack of a church in Pittsburgh in the name of ISIS." Alowemer never obtained any explosives. Prosecutors say he thought that the undercover employee and the confidential source, whom he believed were fellow ISIS supporters, would be involved in the construction of the bombs with him.
Alowemer's discussions with the FBI source indicated that he wanted more time to plan and coordinate the attack before carrying it out in July. He was plotting to set off the bomb in the middle of the night, around 3 or 4 a.m., the court documents say.
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