US EditionAfghan teenager charged in Oklahoma plot for Election Day attack pleads guilty
- Abdullah Haji Zada pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday.
- The charges relate to obtaining firearms for a planned ISIS-inspired Election Day terror attack.
- Zada, an 18-year-old Afghan national, was arrested with co-conspirator Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi.
- He received two AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition for the plot.
- Zada faces up to 15 years in prison and agreed to deportation from the United States.
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Oklahoma teen linked to alleged Election Day terror plot pleads guilty, federal prosecutors say • Oklahoma Voice
A courtroom is pictured. (Getty Images)OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma teenager who was arrested in connection with an Election Day terror plot has pleaded guilty, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a U.S. lawful permanent resident, has pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving, attempting to receive and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used to commit terrorism, prosecutors with the Western Distric…
Afghan teenager charged in Oklahoma plot for Election Day attack pleads guilty
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of Afghanistan who was living in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack, court records show. Zada, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, is a…
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