Afghan national Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi was charged with planning a terrorist attack in the U.S. on Election Day.
The FBI arrested a man from Afghanistan who was allegedly planning an Election Day terrorist attack in the U.S.Federal prosecutors charged Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi with planning the attack in support of ISIS. He was arrested Monday in Oklahoma City, and the Justice Department said he was making his initial appearance in federal court on Tuesday.
'Their ultimate aim was to stage a violent attack in the United States in the name of and on behalf of ISIS,' prosecutors wrote. Twenty-seven-year-old Tawhedi traveled to the U.S. on a special immigrant visa in 2021, the criminal complaint says. Electronic records accessed by the FBI showed Tawhedi allegedly viewed ISIS propaganda and contributed to a charity that 'fronts for and funnels money to ISIS.
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