An 18-year-old resident of Afghanistan and United States legal long-term homeowner living in Oklahoma pleaded guilty to trying to perform a fear attack on Election Day in November 2024 on behalf of ISIS, the United States Justice Department revealed Thursday.
Abdullah Haji Zada and co-conspirator Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, were detained in October 2024 after getting AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammo for the attack.
Zada, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, has actually been charged with “intentionally getting, trying to get, and conspiring to get a gun and ammo to be utilized to dedicate a federal criminal activity of terrorism,” and deals with an optimum charge of 15 years in federal jail and a $250,000 fine.
Per the plea arrangement, Zada consented to be deported to Afghanistan after serving his jail sentence and acknowledged that the order of his elimination would void his legal long-term resident status.
In addition to waiving his right to appeal the conviction, with restricted exceptions, Zada particularly waived his right to appeal his deportation, consisting of looking for asylum.
#BREAKING: Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a native and resident of Afghanistan legally living in #Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today in connection with a plot to carry out an ISIS-Inspired terrorist attack on Election Day.https:// t.co/ SydupsttN5 pic.twitter.com/U8ccPwFLqr
— FBI Oklahoma City (@FBIOklahomaCity) April 17, 2025
Zada’s partner is likewise presently waiting for trial
Zada’s co-conspirator, Tawhedi, has actually been charged with “conspiring and trying to offer material assistance to ISIS, and getting, trying to get, or conspiring to get a gun to be utilized to dedicate a felony or a federal criminal activity of terrorism,” which can bring a combined optimum charge of 35 years in jail if founded guilty.
Tawhedi is presently waiting for trial and is presumed innocent till tested guilty beyond a sensible doubt in a law court.
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