Zimnako Salah was convicted for plotting against Christian churches, a crime driven by religious hate. He faces sentencing in ...

Zimnako Salah planted fake bombs across four churches in Arizona, California, and Colorado and worked separately to construct ...

A Phoenix man who traveled across the western U.S. to sneak backpacks into Christian churches in three states was ...

Zimnako Salah, 45, strapped a backpack around the church's toilet in Roseville, California, leading parishioners to believe ...

Investigators say Zimnako Salah, 45, was found guilty of conveying a bomb threat hoax after strapping a backpack around a toilet at a Christian church in Roseville, California. Officials classified ...

An Arizona man has been found guilty of crimes related to his plot to target Christian churches in three states, including Colorado.

Federal prosecutors allege Zimnako Salah, 44, left hoax backpack bombs at a church in Roseville and another in Arizona, and attempted to leave others at churches in Southern California and Colorado.

A Phoenix man was found guilty on Thursday for his role in a hate crime that involved a hoax bomb threat that targeted a Christian church, authorities said.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said Zimnako Salah targeted the congregants of the churches for their religion, making it a hate crime.

After an 11-day trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on April 3 against Zimnako Salah, 45, of Phoenix, Arizona, convicting him of strapping a backpack around the toilet of a Christian ...

Zimnako Salah, 45, strapped a backpack around the church’s toilet in Roseville, California, leading parishioners to believe it was a bomb, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The jury ...