Mustafa Alowemer sentenced after pleading guilty to plotting to bomb North Side church
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A judge has sentenced the Syrian refugee who pled guilty to plotting to bomb a church on the North Side.
Mustafa Mousab Alowemer will spend more than 17 years behind bars.
The now 24-year-old pled guilty last year to trying to provide "material support" to ISIS after plotting to blow up the Legacy International Worship Center.
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According to the affidavit, the FBI Pittsburgh Joint Terrorism Task Force, investigation revealed that the man had plotted to place a bomb on the church and he was inspired by ISIS.
Alowemer also said he targeted the church in order to "take revenge for our brothers in Nigeria."
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