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Woman violates probation, allegedly threatened to blow up Maryland churches, pastors

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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A Hagerstown woman is being held without bail for allegedly making online threats against a pair of local churches and their pastors.

Salamah Bassem Audi, 35, is accused of posting a series of blogs targeting Gateway Experience Church in Williamsport and The City of God in Hagerstown.

Audi reportedly expressed her intention to blow up a pastor into "itty bitty pieces," while heading to their car.

Investigators linked the blog to Audi, prompting an arrest warrant to be issued.

Audi is now charged with two counts of arson threat and a solo count of threat of mass violence.

Court records show Audi already on probation for a November 2023 malicious destruction of property conviction, for which she served three days in jail.

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