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American Man Headed To The Slammer For Conspiring To Shoot Up Churches For ISIS
Leif Le Mahieu·Daily Wire·November 11, 2026

A 21-year-old man will spend nearly two decades in prison for plotting an ISIS-inspired “martyrdom operation” targeting Christian churches. U.S. District Judge David Nye sentenced Alexander Scott Mercurio Tuesday to 18 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for a plot to attack churches in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The FBI arrested Mercurio on April 6, ...
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