FBI arrests Afghan man for alleged terrorist attack on US election day

The US Justice Department has arrested a man who allegedly planned a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State.

The suspect, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, is an Afghan national residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, according to prosecutors.

“This ISIS-motivated defendant allegedly conspired to commit a violent attack here in our homeland on Election Day,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement Tuesday.

The FBI said he tried to accumulate firearms and took steps to liquidate his family’s assets and relocate members abroad.