The men had pled guilty in the US attack and cooperated with prosecutors, testifying against the man who organised it.
Highlights
- Michael McWhorter, 33, and Joe Morris, 26, sentenced to just under 16 years in United States prison.
- Victims and prosecutors asked for leniency because the men cooperated and testified against the mastermind of the attack.
- The men had pleaded guilty in the US attack and cooperated with prosecutors, testifying against the man who organised it.
- Emily Claire Hari was convicted in December, 2020 and sentenced last year to 53 years in prison for the attack on Dar Al-Farooq Center, a mosque in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota.
- No one was hurt in the August 5, 2017 explosion after a pipe bomb detonated in the imam’s office as worshippers gathered for early morning prayers.