The Justice Department introduced on Tuesday the arrest of an Afghan national accused of making bomb threats in opposition to Americans throughout a video chat posted online.
The arrest of Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, a 30-year-old who lives in Texas, was introduced days after the shooting of two National Guard members – one who later died from her wounds – allegedly by a suspect who can also be from Afghanistan.
After the taking pictures, President Donald Trump argued the assault carried out by a lone gunman “underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation,” calling for elevated measures to take away immigrants who do “not belong here or add benefit to our country.”
The Justice Department introduced Alokozay’s arrest on Tuesday, sharing photos from a video during which prosecutors say he made threats in opposition to Americans and “infidels” throughout a November 23 name with others who weren’t recognized. The video was flagged to the FBI by different regulation enforcement, in line with prosecutors.
“As alleged, Alokozay threatened to conduct a suicide attack on the other participants on the call, as well as ‘infidels’ and Americans,” the Justice Department introduced in a press launch Tuesday. “He claimed he would build a bomb in his vehicle and talked about a particular yellow cooking oil container favored by the Taliban in building improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan.”
The Justice Department added that the man “stated the Taliban were dear to him and that he came to the United States to kill those on the call.” He is being prosecuted in the Northern District of Texas.
The arrest comes as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is recommending Trump add not less than 10 extra international locations to the US’ journey ban — a listing that at present consists of Afghanistan and 18 different international locations.
Noem and different Trump administration officers have blamed the Biden administration for permitting the National Guard taking pictures suspect into the nation. He entered the nation although a Biden-era program aimed toward resettling Afghan nationals and was granted asylum in April throughout President Donald Trump’s second time period.
In a press release Tuesday, Attorney General Pamela Bondi blamed the Biden administration for permitting Alokozay into the nation as properly.
“This Afghan national came into America during the Biden administration and as alleged, explicitly stated that he came here in order to kill American citizens,” Bondi mentioned.
The Justice Department isn’t alleging any connection between the arrests of the two males, and there’s no point out of the National Guard troops’ taking pictures in the court docket filings.
Prosecutors mentioned in charging paperwork that Alokozay admitted to being the particular person in the video and to making these threats when interviewed by investigators.
NCS is making an attempt to find an legal professional for Alokozay. The Department of Justice press launch has two completely different spellings for the man’s title.