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New Jersey Teen Pleads Guilty in Plot to Assassinate the Pope

By Gina Cherelus, Reuters
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Apr 4, 2017
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A New Jersey teen pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to terrorists, in what media called an ISIS-inspired effort to kill Pope Francis in 2015 during a public Mass in Philadelphia, according to a statement by federal prosecutors.

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