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After pleas for leniency, mosque bombers receive 16-, 14-year sentences

MINNEAPOLIS — Following a rare display of both victims and prosecutors advocating mercy, U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank sentenced two Illinois men Tuesday to 14 and 16 years in federal prison for bombing Bloomington's Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in 2017.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2022

Minn. mosque bombers ask for leniency, cite testimony on militia leader

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge will render criminal sentences Tuesday for two Illinois men who bombed Bloomington's Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in 2017, then aided prosecutors in convicting their militia leader.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022