18-year-old plotted terrorist attack on 21 churches in Idaho after swearing allegiance to ISIS during COVID, FBI says
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An Idaho man allegedly plotted a terror attack on nearly two dozen Christian churches for the sake of the Islamic state, but he was thwarted by FBI informants. The FBI said agents were tracking Alexander Scott Mercurio for two years after he converted to Islam against his Christian parents' wishes. Mercurio was arrested on Saturday a day before he allegedly planned to launch his attack coinciding with the end of the religious month of Ramadan. "Thanks to the investigative efforts of the FBI,...

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