By: Associated Press//June 29, 2016//
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal prosecutor says the FBI still has months of translation work to do before a case against a man accused of plotting to shoot up a Milwaukee Masonic temple can move forward.
A criminal complaint says 23-year-old Samy Mohamed Hamzeh planned to attack the Masonic center in downtown Milwaukee in the name of Islam. Prosecutors say he had toured the center, practiced at a shooting range and talked about how the attack was to defend Islam by killing Masons.
The Journal Sentinel reports that FBI agents say they are about half way done with translating 106 CDs from Arabic to English.
Hamzeh’s attorney, Craig Albee, says he’s waiting to read those conversations before making pretrial motions.