Hari’s conviction came after two other defendants, Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris, had pleaded guilty in January 2019 to their roles in the bombing of the mosque, the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center, in Bloomington, Minnesota. No one was injured in the attack on Aug 5, 2017, but the imam’s office was damaged, and the bombing spread fear throughout the community. Hari, McWhorter and Morris each face mandatory minimum sentences of 35 years in prison when they are sentenced at a later date, according to the US attorney’s office in Minnesota. About an hour before entering Minnesota, Hari told McWhorter and Morris that there was a pipe bomb in the truck, which they were going to use to bomb a mosque, prosecutors said. When the bomb exploded, congregants were in the mosque for morning prayers, prosecutors said, but the imam’s office was unoccupied.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2020 05:03 UTC