司法部星期二宣布逮捕了一名居住在俄克拉荷马州的阿富汗人，并指控他密谋杀害美国人选举代表恐怖组织“伊斯兰国”的一天。
27岁的Nasir Tawhedi被指控试图购买半自动火器和弹药，以推进他实施袭击的计划，他甚至清算了他家庭的资产，并在海外安置家庭成员，以做准备。
根据诉状，Tawhedi于2021年9月持特殊移民签证进入美国，目前处于假释状态，等待移民诉讼的裁决。
指控文件还提到至少一名同谋，此人被确定为阿富汗公民，拥有合法永久居民身份，也居住在俄克拉荷马州，但为未成年人。
美国联邦调查局调查人员表示，他们从属于塔韦迪的设备中获得了图像、帖子和文本，显示他坚持“伊斯兰国”的意识形态。他们还追踪了据称显示他向一个慈善机构捐款的财务活动，该慈善机构为“伊斯兰国”打掩护并提供资金。
诉状援引了据称Tawhedi通过电报发送的多条信息，其中他讨论了获得AK-47步枪进行袭击的问题。
“我们找到了一个处理武器的人，”塔韦迪在一条短信中写道。“我们已经订购了500发子弹。你觉得呢，兄弟?是够用还是应该增加?”
在其他信息中，Tawhedi讨论了他如何以185，000美元出售他的房子，并计划在他计划的袭击发生前几个月内搬迁他的家人。
调查人员还引用了Tawhedi涉嫌进行的谷歌搜索，包括“如何访问华盛顿特区的摄像头”和“美国哪个州不需要关系才能获得枪支?”
美国联邦调查局的几个秘密消息来源后来与Tawhedi取得了联系，并录下了与他的会面，讨论获得他计划在袭击中使用的两支AK-47的交易。法庭文件称，他和他的同谋者在执行假枪支交易后于周一被捕。
据称，Tawhedi在被捕后于周一接受调查人员采访时承认，他和同谋试图获得武器并购买步枪，目的是在选举日实施袭击，“以大型集会为目标”，并进一步表示，他们两人“预计会殉难”，并在袭击中死亡。
FBI foils alleged ISIS-inspired Election Day terror plot by Afghan national
The Justice Department announced the arrest Tuesday of an Afghan national living in Oklahoma and accused him of plotting to kill Americans onElectionDay on behalf of the terror group ISIS.
Nasir Tawhedi, 27, is alleged to have sought to purchase semiautomatic firearms and ammunition to further his alleged plans to carry out the attack, and even went so far as to liquidate his family's assets and resettling family members overseas in preparation.
According to the complaint, Tawhedi entered the U.S. in September 2021 on a special immigrant visa and is currently on parole status pending adjudication of his immigration proceedings.
The charging documents additionally reference at least one co-conspirator, who is identified as a citizen of Afghanistan with legal permanent resident status who also resides in Oklahoma but is a juvenile.
FBI investigators say they obtained images, posts and texts from devices belonging to Tawhedi that showed his adherence to ISIS' ideology. They also tracked financial activity which allegedly showed he donated to a charity which fronts for and funnels money to ISIS.
The complaint cites multiple messages Tawhedi allegedly sent over Telegram in which he discussed obtaining AK-47 rifles to carry out his attack.
"We found a person who deals with weapons," Tawhedi wrote in one text. "We have ordered 500 bullets. What do you think, brother? Is it enough or should we increase it?"
In other messages, Tawhedi discussed how he had sold his house for $185,000 and made plans to relocate his family in the months leading up to his planned attack.
Investigators also cite Google searches that Tawhedi allegedly conducted that included "How to access washington dc cameras" and "Which US state does not require relations to get a firearm?"
Several confidential sources for the FBI later made contact with Tawhedi and recorded meetings with him to discuss a deal to obtain two AK-47s that he planned to use in the attack. He and his co-conspirator were arrested Monday after they executed the sham gun deal, the court documents say.
In an interview with investigators Monday following his arrest, Tawhedi allegedly admitted that he and the co-conspirator sought to obtain the weapons and purchased the rifles for the purpose of committing an attack on Election Day, "targeting large gatherings of people," and further stated they both "expected to be martyred" and die during their attack.
