The FBI has revealed that ISIS-K was behind a thwarted terrorist plot targeting a mass shooting on Election Day in the U.S. The suspect, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was apprehended in Oklahoma for planning to acquire two AK-47 rifles for the attack. Tawhedi, a former CIA security guard in Afghanistan, had connections with an individual linked to ISIS-K known as 'Malik'.
Authorities discovered Tawhedi's involvement with an ISIS-affiliated charity and his consumption of ISIS propaganda online. In a related development, a family member of Tawhedi was arrested in Paris for planning a separate attack, alongside two others.