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The Justice Department announced the arrest of Nasir Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan national living in Oklahoma, on charges of plotting an Election Day attack on behalf of ISIS. Tawhedi allegedly planned to use semiautomatic firearms and had liquidated family assets and resettled relatives overseas. He was arrested along with a juvenile co-conspirator after an undercover FBI operation involving the purchase of weapons. Investigators say Tawhedi followed ISIS ideology and discussed his plans via Telegram messages.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02The Justice Department announced the arrest of Nasir Tawheedi, a 27-year-old Afghan national
00:07living in Oklahoma, on charges of plotting an Election Day attack on behalf of ISIS.
00:13Tawheedi allegedly planned to use semi-automatic firearms and had liquidated family assets
00:17and resettled relatives overseas.
00:20He was arrested, along with a juvenile co-conspirator, after an undercover FBI operation involving
00:25the purchase of weapons.
00:28Investigators say Tawheedi followed ISIS ideology and discussed his plans via telegram
00:32messages.
00:33For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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