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The criminal complaint against Alexander Scott Mercurio is photographed on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Mercurio, 18, is charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group after prosecutors said he planned to carry out an attack on a Coeur d'Alene church. Mercurio was arrested Saturday, and the charges were unsealed in Idaho's U.S. District Court on Monday. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Idaho man faces federal terrorism charge; prosecutors say he planned church attack to support ISIS

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After attacking the church, Mercurio told the informant he planned to attack others in town - as many as 21 - before being killed in an act of martyrdom, according to the statement.

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