US EditionArizona man sentenced to six years for targeting Christian churches with hoax bomb threats
Zimnako Salah was convicted of a hate crime for targeting four churches with hoax bomb threats and had explosive device components, receiving a six-year prison sentence.
- On Friday, Zimnako Salah, 46, Phoenix resident, was sentenced to six years in prison in the Eastern District of California for targeting four Christian churches in Arizona, California and Colorado.
- Evidence from social media indicated Salah consumed extremist propaganda online, including searches for 'infidels dying' and ISIS videos, while court records showed anti-American views and an indictment last year.
- From September to November 2023, Salah traveled to four churches carrying black backpacks and FBI bomb technicians found component parts of an improvised explosive device in a storage unit.
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Catholic News AgencyArizona man sentenced to prison after hoax bomb threats at Christian churches
CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2025 / 11:40 am An Arizona man will serve more than half a decade in prison after he carried out multiple hoax bomb threats at churches in the western U.S. The [...]
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SF WeeklyArizona man sentenced to six years for targeting Christian churches with hoax bomb threats
SACRAMENTO, California — Zimnako Salah, a 46-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in a plot targeting Christian churches. In March 2025, a jury convicted Salah of attempting to convey a hoax bomb…
Sunni Zealot Living in Arizona Sentenced for Plot Targeting Christian Churches
A Kurdish Sunni man from Northern Iraq, who has been living in Arizona for approximately 20 years, Zimnako Salah, has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with his plot targeting Christian churches. In March 2025, a jury in Sacramento, California convicted Salah of strapping a backpack around the toilet of a Christian...
Justice Department: Man sentenced to 6 years in prison had ‘seeming ultimate goal to bomb a Christian church’
A 46-year-old Arizona man who was sentenced in the Eastern District of California to six years in prison Nov. 7 after targeting several Christian churches with… The post Justice Department: Man sentenced to 6 years in prison had ‘seeming ultimate goal to bomb a Christian church’ appeared first on CatholicVote org.
Arizona Man Sentenced to Six Years for Plot Targeting Christian Churches
PHOENIX — Zimnako Salah, 46, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to six years in federal prison Friday for plotting attacks on Christian churches, including a hoax bomb threat that targeted congregants. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email A jury in Sacramento convicted Salah in March 2025 of placing a backpack containing […]
Phoenix man, who viewed ISIS videos, gets six years for plan to attack churches
Zimnako Salah put a backpack around a church toilet to “convey a hoax bomb threat and to obstruct the free exercise of religion,” the Justice Department said.The post Phoenix man, who viewed ISIS videos, gets six years for plan to…
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