White supremacist pleads guilty in plot to blow up Colorado synagogue


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Richard Holzer is seen in this undated handout photo provided by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. El Paso County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

DENVER (Reuters) - A self-described white supremacist pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal hate crime and explosive charges for a botched plot to blow up a historic Colorado synagogue last year, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Richard Holzer, 28, who was arrested in November following an undercover FBI sting, admitted to planning to bomb the Temple Emanuel synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

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