The FBI has arrested a person who is alleged to be influenced by the Islamic State terror outfit and was planning to assault giant crowds within the US on Election Day, scheduled for November 5.
In keeping with paperwork by which the suspect is charged, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma Metropolis informed the officers that he and one in all his co-conspirators had been planning to execute the assault on Election Day subsequent month and die as martyrs within the midst of it.
Tawhedi, who got here to the US in 2021, had superior his assault plan and even ordered AK-47, liquidating his household’s belongings and shopping for one-way tickets for his spouse and baby to journey dwelling to Afghanistan, based on information company Related Press.
The arrest comes at a time when the US is going through a number of safety threats in varied types and the company’s Director Christopher Wray telling The Related Press in August that he was “exhausting pressed to think about a time in my profession the place so many alternative sorts of threats are all elevated without delay.”
In a press release on Tuesday, Wray mentioned “Terrorism continues to be the FBI’s primary precedence, and we are going to use each useful resource to guard the American individuals.”
Within the preliminary investigation, the officers discovered that Tawhedi subscribed to Islamic State propaganda, transformed to charity which masqueraded as a entrance for the militant group. Tawhedi additionally seen webcams for the White Home and the Washington Monument in July.
Nevertheless, the Justice Division didn’t reveal the id of Tawhedi’s alleged co-conspirator.
(with inputs from AP)
