US foils an Election Day terrorist plot
(VOVWORLD) - Federal officers have arrested a citizen of Afghanistan who has been living in Oklahoma and allegedly plotting an Election Day attack in the United States in the name of the Islamic State terrorist organization.
 Police patrol in New York, USA (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, has been charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State and receiving a firearm to be used to commit a crime, the Justice Department said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department foiled the defendant's plot to acquire semi-automatic weapons and carry out a violent attack in the name of ISIS on US soil on Election Day. On Monday, Tawhedi and a juvenile were arrested while buying two AK-47 assault rifles, 10 magazines, and 500 rounds of ammunition.