The United States Department of Justice announced the arrest of Afghan national Nasir Tawhedi, 27, who lives in Oklahoma, accused of conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State.* (IG*a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) in the United States on presidential election day.
According to the department, Tawhedi “took steps to liquidate his family assets, relocate family members abroad, acquire AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition, and prepare to commit an act of terrorism in the United States.”
FBI investigators studied the texts on the Afghan’s electronic devices and concluded that he was “adherent to the ideology of a terrorist organization.”
During interrogation, the suspect admitted that he planned to carry out a terrorist attack on the day of the presidential elections; He and his accomplice, who was also arrested, “were seeking to become martyrs” and die during the terrorist attack.
“Tawhedi is accused of conspiracy and also attempting to provide material support to IS.*which is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 20 years, and also receiving a firearm for use in the commission of a serious crime or… terrorism, which is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of 15 years if found guilty”, — Interfax cites a message from the United States Department of Justice.
*Terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
