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Australian teen jailed over foiled plot to set off bomb

 

MELBOURNE - An Australian teenager who was planning to set off a homemade bomb similar to the one used in the Boston Marathon bombings has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

 

Victoria state Supreme Court Justice Lex Lasry sentenced the 18-year-old on Wednesday over a foiled plot to set off the device in Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne. The teen had previously pleaded guilty to obtaining documents relating to an improvised explosive device and partially constructing the device in preparation for a terror act. He had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison.

  

Police raided his home last year and found a pressure cooker, shrapnel and guides on how to make a bomb.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.07.16, 08:22