OKLAHOMA CITY — An Afghan teen accused of participating in an Oklahoma plot to hold out an Election Day assault has pleaded to blame, federal prosecutors stated Thursday.
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of Afghanistan who used to be residing in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded to blame to knowingly receiving and conspiring to obtain a firearm and ammunition for use in a terrorist assault, courtroom information display.
Zada, who used to be 17 on the time of his arrest, is looking ahead to sentencing and faces as much as 15 years in jail and a $250,000 high-quality. Zada additionally agreed to be got rid of from the US after he’s launched from jail, courtroom information display.
Phone and e mail messages left on Thursday with Zada’s lawyer, Jeff Byers, weren’t instantly returned.
Zada’s co-defendant, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who in the past labored as a safety guard for an American army set up in Afghanistan, is these days looking ahead to trial for conspiring and making an attempt to offer subject matter reinforce to the Islamic State staff.
Prosecutors allege Zada and Tawhedi took steps to acquire AK-47 rifles and ammunition and deliberate to hold out an assault concentrated on huge crowds on Election Day closing yr.
