2011 Manhattan terrorism plot

<p>The 2011 Manhattan terrorism plot was a conspiracy by two <a href="/facts/Islam_in_the_United_States/FN9N54D3">Muslim</a> <a href="/facts/Arab-Americans/zTJwNqlj">Arab-Americans</a> to bomb various targets in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, United States. According to authorities, Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh planned to attack an unspecified <a href="/facts/Synagogue/yt6f6nJa">synagogue</a>, possibly a church, and the <a href="/facts/Empire_State_Building/GgehSMmV">Empire State Building</a>. Law enforcement arrested the two suspects in a <a href="/facts/Sting_operation/h04v93JK">sting operation</a> on May 11, 2011. The plot was motivated primarily by "hatred of infidels and <a href="/facts/Antisemitism/kUpfFkqx">anti-semitism</a>," according to the authorities.
</p><p>In December 2012, Ferhani pleaded guilty to terrorism conspiracy and terrorism-related weapons possession charges and was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Mamdouh pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 5 years in state prison in April 2013.
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2011 Manhattan terrorism plot