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Convicted Bomb Plotter Sentenced to 30 Years

PORTLAND, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 23, who was convicted in 2013 of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.

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Mohamud, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Somalia and former resident of Corvallis, Oregon, was arrested on…

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