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Two Illinois men get 14, 16 years in Minnesota mosque bombing

The men had pled guilty in the US attack and cooperated with prosecutors, testifying against the man who organised it.

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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.