A supporter of ISIL, came to the US from Syria as a refugee, was arrested on Wednesday for what is planned to arrange explosion in a Christian Church in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), reported to the FBI.
Charged 21-year-old Mustafa Mus’ab Albemarle.
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As stated in the indictment, he planned to detonate a bomb at the International Worship Center is a Nigerian Christian Church in Pittsburgh.
«We will avenge our brothers in Nigeria,» said Loomer FBI agent undercover.
The guy was born and lived in Syria until August 2016 came to the United States as a refugee and settled in Pittsburgh. He recently graduated from there a public high school.
He thought he was planning an attack with another ISIS supporter, who actually was an FBI agent undercover. They communicated online and met four times in person, and Loomer sent to the agent for instructions on bomb-making and propaganda of ISIS.
According to court documents, he had already bought the ingredients for homemade bombs and printed the plan of the Church. The attack was scheduled for some Sunday in the Church had more people, he said to the agent.
Pastor Michael Day, in his statement said that he is thankful that God prevented the tragedy, protecting the community.
In January 2017 the President of Donald trump has signed a decree on suspension of the entry of Syrian refugees in the United States for an indefinite period, to «avoid radical Islamic terrorists in the country.»
However, according to the Cato Institute, only 25 3 391 203 refugees in the period from 1975 to 2017 were terrorists, which is 0,00074 % of the total.
