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Mosque Bombing: Germany Slaps Prison Term on Right-Winger for Attempted Murder

© REUTERS / Tobias SchliePicture shows a mosque in Dresden, Germany on September 27, 2016, one day after an improvised bomb destroyed the entrance
Picture shows a mosque in Dresden, Germany on September 27, 2016, one day after an improvised bomb destroyed the entrance - Sputnik International
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Although the attacks back in 2016 left no casualties, the PEGIDA activist was given a considerable prison sentence.

A German has court sentenced a right-wing activist to nine years and eight months in prison for bombing a mosque in Dresden nearly two years ago, according to Deutsche Welle.

Nino K., aged 31, was found guilty and charged with attempted murder, coming up with an explosive device and attempted arson, among others, after the former member of the anti-Islamist PEGIDA movement detonated a pipe bomb at the Turkish Fatih Mosque in eastern Germany.

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No one was hurt in the incident, however, the imam and his family happened to be at their home a stone’s throw from the mosque.

Later that evening, Nino K., who was made repentant and confessed to the crimes before Friday’s verdict, detonated another bomb on the roof of the Dresden Congress Center.

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