Washington: A New Jersey teen pleaded guilty Monday to an allegedly ISIS-inspired plot to kill Pope Francis during his US visit in 2015.
The US Justice Department said Santos Colon, 17, sought to recruit a sniper to shoot the pope as well as set off explosives as he performed mass in Philadelphia on September 27, 2015 at the end of the World Meeting of Families.
But Colon unwittingly recruited an undercover FBI agent for the job, and was arrested quietly 12 days before the event.
Court documents said that Colon sought to carry out the act in support of the ISIS group and said he had also used the adopted name Ahmad Shakoor.
The charge carries a maximum 15 years in prison.
The US Justice Department said Santos Colon, 17, sought to recruit a sniper to shoot the pope as well as set off explosives as he performed mass in Philadelphia on September 27, 2015 at the end of the World Meeting of Families.
But Colon unwittingly recruited an undercover FBI agent for the job, and was arrested quietly 12 days before the event.
Court documents said that Colon sought to carry out the act in support of the ISIS group and said he had also used the adopted name Ahmad Shakoor.
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The charge carries a maximum 15 years in prison.
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