Attack on the Minnesota Mosque: "White Rabbit" militiamen plead guilty

Two members of a militia known as the White Rabbits admitted to bombing a Minnesota mosque in 2017.

Police According to Police, Michael McWhorter, 29, and Joe Morris, 23 years, wanted to scare the Muslims out of the United States. 19659007] The two men, who admitted to a number of charges, including a failed attack on an abortion clinic, risk up to 35 years in prison as a result of the charges. ;advocacy.

Nobody was injured during the attack on Dar Al Farooq Islamic. Center in Minneapolis suburbs

A third man, 47-year-old Michael Hari, allegedly the founder of the White Rabbits, is currently in detention awaiting trial.

According to the police, McWhorter confessed that the White Rabbits wanted to "make the country flee [Muslims]", with the message "You are not welcome here".

According to the Government. Under the terms of the plea agreements, the men drove to the mosque, broke a window, and threw a mixture of air and gasoline bombs into the interior.

It is not known why the two men, originally from Illinois, attacked the Minnesota Mosque.

Mark Dayton, of Minnesota at the time, described the attack as "a terrorist criminal act."

Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minnesota, told the AFP news agency: "These militia groups have more, a lot of their blogs talk about the community Muslim as a threat and a threat to eliminate. "

The Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center serves largely members of the Somali community.

In a separate case, three men who plotted to attack a mosque and apartments housing Somalis in Kansas in 2016 are expected to be sentenced on Friday.