A Pittsburgh man who plotted to bomb a local church out of a desire to show support for the Islamic State group was sentenced this week to a 17-year prison term.
Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 24, who is originally from Syria and came to the United States, had shared his plan with an undercover FBI agent who he thought was an ISIS adherent.
The sentence was handed down Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges of providing material support to a terrorist group last year in federal court.
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Source: Stars & Stripes
