Coeur d’Alene teen arrested for supporting ISIS, planned to attack local churches
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According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Alexander Mercurio, 18, planned to carry out the suicide mission at churches this past Sunday using knives, guns, fire and other weapons.
Instead, he was arrested Saturday after FBI agents initially learned of his allegiance with the notorious terrorist faction online, according to an affidavit from the case. He chose to “kill as many as possible” at churches April 7 to align with the end of Ramadan, the document said. Specific churches weren’t named, but Mercurio allegedly wrote of “three or five” within walking distance of his home. He also allegedly mentioned a church he knew of near his school.
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