An Election Day terrorist attack was narrowly averted after Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan national, pleaded guilty on Friday to federal terrorism-related charges in connection with a plot to carry out a mass-casualty assault on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS).
The planned attack, intended for November 5, 2024, was disrupted by a coordinated effort between federal and local law enforcement.
Tawhedi’s Guilty Plea and Charges
Tawhedi pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma to two felony counts: conspiring and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and attempting to receive firearms to commit a federal crime of terrorism. He now faces up to 35 years in federal prison.
“The defendant admits he planned and obtained firearms to carry out a violent terror attack on Election Day,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “This plot was detected and disrupted through the good work of the FBI and our partners.”
Court documents revealed Tawhedi and co-conspirator Abdullah Haji Zada, his brother-in-law, purchased two AK-47-style rifles, 500 rounds of ammunition, and ten magazines from an undercover FBI employee as part of the operation.
