Man sentenced to 30 years in Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest plot
Source: The Hill
An American man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for supporting the Islamic State in Iraq & Syria (ISIS) and for aiding two men who planned to attack a contest on drawing the Prophet Muhammad in 2015, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Prosecutors pursued a life sentence for Arizona resident Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, who officials said supplied the guns his two friends used in the attempted assault.
The two gunmen were killed by a SWAT team before they were able to enter the event in Garland, Texas. A security officer was shot in the ankle, though no attendees were hurt, CNN reported at the time.
One of the gunmen, Elton Simpson, tweeted just before the attack that he and the other attacker pledged allegiance to "Amirul Mu'mineen,” likely a reference to ISIS emir Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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