Man who attacked Norwegian mosque gets maximum penalty of 21-year prison sentence

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The white nationalist who killed his sister before attacking a mosque was given a 21-year sentence in a Norwegian court.

Philip Manshaus, 22, was found guilty on Thursday of trying to “kill as many Muslims as possible.” He did not succeed in that goal, as he was overpowered by one of the men at the al Noor mosque, Muhammad Rafiq, who stopped Manshaus after he fired four shots into the glass door of the building.

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