OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A 27-year-old Afghan national living in Oklahoma City was arrested on Monday for allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack on behalf of ISIS, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The DOJ says 27-year-old Nasim Ahmad Tawhedi liquidated his family’s assets, resettled his family members and bought AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition in preparation for the planned attack.
A criminal complaint alleges that the FBI found messages between Tawhedi and an unnamed person with ties to ISIS. The FBI also reportedly found a video of Tawhedi reading a text to two children that “desribes the rewards a martyr receives in the afterlife,” as well as saved ISIS propaganda on his iCloud and Google account.
Tawhedi’s alleged participation in pro-ISIS groups on the Telegram app and contributions to an ISIS-affiliated charity were also mentioned in the complaint.
Tawhedi, along with a juvenile co-conspirator, reportedly came into contact with a confidential FBI source while selling his family’s personal property on Facebook. The FBI source, under the bureau’s guidance, mentioned that he needed a computer Tawhedi was selling to start his gun business.