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Hyderabad native sentenced to 8 years for White House truck attack
Sai Varshith Kandula, a 20-year-old man from St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for attempting to attack the White House with a rented truck in May 2023. Kandula, a native of India, pleaded guilty to willful injury to U.S. property. He crashed his truck into security barriers at the White House, intending to replace the U.S. government with a Nazi dictatorship. He also admitted to wanting to kill the President and others to achieve this objective. The attack caused $4,322 in damages. Kandula was apprehended by the U.S. Park Police and Secret Service agents. The investigation was led by the U.S. Secret Service, FBI, U.S. Park Police, and the Metropolitan Police Department.11:08 AM Jan 17, 2025 IST