"A 27-year-old man from Ontario has pleaded guilty to stabbing two correctional officers at a U.S. prison in 2020 while serving a sentence for plotting a terrorist attack in New York City. The U.S. Department of Justice says Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy was an inmate at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood in Pennsylvania when he attacked two corrections officers using a weapon made from a part of a steel desk in his cell on Dec. 7, 2020."
"Officials say the first officer eventually lost his right eye as a result of the attack. They say a note was found in El Bahnasawy's sock that read, "This is a terrorist attack for the Islamic State," and a pledge of allegiance to the group known as ISIS was also found taped to the inside of a locker door in his prison cell."
"The justice department says Bahnasawy has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of assault, assault with intent to commit murder and possession of contraband inside a prison, as well as providing material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. At the time of the prison stabbings, he was serving a sentence for his role in plotting a mass casualty terrorist attack in New York City on behalf of ISIS."
Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, a 27-year-old from Ontario, pleaded guilty to stabbing two correctional officers at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood on Dec. 7, 2020. He used a weapon fashioned from a part of a steel desk, stabbing one officer in the head and face and a second officer in the hand; the first officer later lost his right eye. Authorities found a note in Bahnasawy's sock stating, "This is a terrorist attack for the Islamic State," and a taped pledge of allegiance to ISIS inside a locker. Bahnasawy pleaded guilty to assault-related charges, possession of contraband, and providing material support to ISIS. He had been serving a sentence for plotting 2016 bombings and shootings in New York City.
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