An Afghan citizen living in Oklahoma has been charged with platting a terror attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, obtained firearms and ammunition to conduct a violent attack on U.S. soil, as well as taking a number of steps to prepare for the plot, authorities said.
A photo from July, in which the defendant allegedly is describing to his daughter and another child "the rewards a martyr receives in the afterlife." (Justice Department)
"As charged, the Justice Department foiled the defendant’s plot to acquire semi-automatic weapons and commit a violent attack in the name of ISIS on U.S. soil on Election Day," said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.
Ahead of the planned attack, Tawhedi allegedly liquidated his family’s assets, resettled members of his family overseas, acquired AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition.
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