Judge Sentences Would-Be Chicago Bar Bomber to 16 Years

Judge Sentences Would-Be Chicago Bar Bomber to 16 Years
Chicago terrorism suspect Adel Daoud, on May 6, 2019. U.S. Marshals office via AP
The Associated Press
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CHICAGO—A federal judge on Monday handed an Illinois man a 16-year prison sentence for trying to kill hundreds of people by detonating what he thought was a car bomb outside a crowded Chicago bar in 2012, saying she factored in his mental health in imposing a sentence much lower than prosecutors requested.

The sentence announced in Chicago for 25-year-old Adel Daoud includes time for later attempting to have an FBI agent killed and for slashing an inmate with a shiv for taunting him with a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad.