Four found guilty in New York bomb plot
15:55, 19 October 2010
NEW YORK. October 19. KAZINFORM Four New York men were convicted on Monday of plotting to blow up synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down military planes; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
James Cromitie and three others had been accused of wanting to destroy the Jewish house of worship and a Jewish community center in the Bronx, as well as to fire Stinger missiles at planes at a nearby Air National Guard base.
They were charged with conspiracy and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction. They face sentences of up to life in prison.
"Homegrown terrorism is a serious threat," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. "The defendants in this case agreed to plant bombs and use missiles they thought were very real weapons of terrorism. We are safer today as a result of these convictions"; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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