18-year-old arrested after FBI uncovered his plot to attack a church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in the name of ISIS
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho State, USA ” data-image-caption=”Coeur d’Alene, Idaho State, USA Credit: Spicypepper999, Wikipedia, Public Domain ” data-medium-file=”https://i1.wp.com/openthewordblog.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/coeur-dalene-idaho-state-usa-credit-r-spicypepper999-wikipedia-public-domain.jpg?w=500&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i1.wp.com/openthewordblog.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/coeur-dalene-idaho-state-usa-credit-r-spicypepper999-wikipedia-public-domain.jpg?w=500&ssl=1″ width=”500″ height=”375″ fifu-data-src=”https://i1.wp.com/openthewordblog.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/coeur-dalene-idaho-state-usa-credit-r-spicypepper999-wikipedia-public-domain.jpg?w=500&ssl=1″ alt=”Coeur d’Alene, Idaho State, USA” class=”wp-image-90347″ srcset=”https://i1.wp.com/openthewordblog.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/coeur-dalene-idaho-state-usa-credit-r-spicypepper999-wikipedia-public-domain.jpg?w=500&ssl=1 500w, https://openthewordblog.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/coeur-dalene-idaho-state-usa-credit-r-spicypepper999-wikipedia-public-domain.jpg?w=768 768w, https://openthewordblog.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/coeur-dalene-idaho-state-usa-credit-r-spicypepper999-wikipedia-public-domain.jpg 800w” sizes=”(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px”/>Coeur d’Alene, Idaho State, USACredit: Spicypepper999, Wikipedia, Public Domain The FBI arrested an eighteen-year-old Idaho teen on Saturday, April 6, 2024, alleging he was plotting a mass killing the next day at a church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in the name of ISIS, an Islamic extremist group, Fox News reports. Alexander Mercurio was arrested after he revealed the details of his plot to a man at a hotel. That man turned out to be an FBI informant. After initially researching white supremacists, Mercurio looked into ISIS and concluded he was more suited for this extremist group and actually made contact with members of ISIS detailing his plot. According to the FBI, Mercurio had made a “ba’yah statement, pledging his allegiance to ISIS.” The FBI stumbled upon Mercurio during their investigation of a network of ISIS supporters in the …