MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man accused of plotting a mass shooting in defense of Islam will try to convince jurors at his trial that FBI informants encouraged him to purchase weapons for the alleged attack. Attorneys for 26-year-old Samy Hamzeh plan to argue at the trial starting Wednesday that FBI agents spent months trying to entrap their client, who has no criminal record. The FBI says their agents thwarted an act of terrorism when they arrested Hamzeh in January 2016, alleging he was going to shoot dozens of people at a Masonic temple in downtown Milwaukee. Hamzeh was ultimately only charged with possessing two machine guns and a silencer, all of which he bought from undercover FBI agents who had informants set up the deal.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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