FBI Director Announces Arrest of 18-Year-Old for ‘Violent Plot’ to Attack Churches

Published on April 9, 2024

The FBI announced it arrested an 18-year-old Idaho man for concocting a “violent plot” on local churches on behalf of the ISIS terrorist group, according to a new release issued Monday. Alexander Mercurio is facing a federal charge of attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a release, adding that he was plotting to incapacitate his father, restrain him, steal his guns and other weapons, and carry out attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, a city in northwestern Idaho, on Sunday. “The defendant allegedly pledged loyalty to ISIS and sought to attack people attending churches in Idaho, a truly horrific plan which was detected and thwarted by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement Tuesday....

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