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Three Kansas Men Found Guilty Of Bomb Plot Targeting Somali Muslim Immigrants

19-4-2018 < Blacklisted News 37 113 words
 

Three Kansas men were convicted Wednesday of plotting to bomb an apartment complex where Somali immigrants lived and worshiped in Garden City, following a four-week trial in Wichita.


Just a day after beginning deliberations, a federal jury found Curtis Allen, 50; Gavin Wright, 49; and Patrick Eugene Stein, 49, each guilty of one count of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction as well as one count of violating the housing rights of their would-be victims.


Wright was also convicted of lying to the FBI.


All three men face life in prison.


Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the verdict "a significant victory against domestic terrorism and hate crimes."


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