Federal prosecutors said Thursday that an Afghan teenager accused of participating in an Oklahoma conspiracy to carry out an Oklahoma attack to carry out an Election Day attack pleaded guilty.
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, an Afghanistan citizen who lives in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive firearms and ammunition used in a terrorist attack, court records show.
Zada, 17 at the time of her arrest, is awaiting sentence and faces a $250,000 fine in prison for up to 15 years.
Zada also agreed to be removed from the United States after being released from prison, court records show.
A phone and email message was left with Zada’s lawyer Jeff Byers on Thursday. It wasn’t returned immediately.
Zada’s co-defendant, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, previously worked as a security guard at a US military facility in Afghanistan, but is now awaiting trial to seek to provide significant support to the Islamic State group.
Prosecutors argue that Zada and Tawhedi are planning to take steps to obtain AK-47 rifles and ammunition and carry out an attack targeting a large crowd last year on Election Day.
