WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Arizona man has been discovered responsible of crimes associated to his plot to focus on Christian church buildings in a number of states, together with Colorado.
A federal jury discovered Zimnako Salah, 45, of Phoenix, Arizona, responsible of the costs in opposition to him following an 11-day trial. He had been accused of strapping a backpack round a bathroom in a Christian church in Roseville, California “with the intent to convey a hoax bomb menace and to hinder the free train of faith of the congregants who worshipped there,” the U.S. Division of Justice stated in a press launch Friday.
The offense was thought of a hate crime as a result of Salah had focused the church as a result of faith of the individuals who worshipped there.
On the trial, proof confirmed that between September and November 2023, Salah traveled to 4 church buildings with black backpacks. He planted the backpacks at two of them, inflicting concern that they held bombs, and was confronted by safety on the different two church buildings. The 4 church buildings are in Arizona, California and Colorado.
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