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Somali-American man guilty in Oregon Christmas bomb plot
Source: Reuters
Somali-American man guilty in Oregon Christmas bomb plot
By Teresa Carson
PORTLAND, Oregon | Fri Feb 1, 2013 12:16am EST
(Reuters) - A Somali-American man was found guilty on Thursday of trying to blow up a Christmas-tree lighting ceremony in Oregon using a fake bomb supplied to him by undercover agents posing as Islamist militants, the public defender's office said.
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen and former Oregon State University student, faces a possible life prison term on his conviction on a single charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Sentencing is set for May 14.
Mohamud was arrested shortly after attempting to use his cell phone to remotely detonate an artificial car bomb planted near a Portland square crowded with thousands of people attending the ceremony the day after Thanksgiving in 2010.
No one was hurt, and authorities say the public was never in real danger.
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By Teresa Carson
PORTLAND, Oregon | Fri Feb 1, 2013 12:16am EST
(Reuters) - A Somali-American man was found guilty on Thursday of trying to blow up a Christmas-tree lighting ceremony in Oregon using a fake bomb supplied to him by undercover agents posing as Islamist militants, the public defender's office said.
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen and former Oregon State University student, faces a possible life prison term on his conviction on a single charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Sentencing is set for May 14.
Mohamud was arrested shortly after attempting to use his cell phone to remotely detonate an artificial car bomb planted near a Portland square crowded with thousands of people attending the ceremony the day after Thanksgiving in 2010.
No one was hurt, and authorities say the public was never in real danger.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/01/us-usa-oregon-bombplot-idUSBRE90U1H820130201
