An Afghan teenager accused or participating in An oklahoma plot To carry out an election day attack, he declared himself guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen or Afghanistan who lived in Moore, Oklahoma, declared himself guilty of receiving and conspiring to knowing to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack, judicial records.
Zada, who was 17 at the time of his trial, is waiting for the sentence and faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of $ 250,000.
Zada also agreed to be withdrawn from the United States after being released from prison, according to judicial records.
The telephone and email messages that were left on Thursday with Zada’s lawyer, Jeff Byers, were not immediately returned.
The Coacusado de Zada, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who previously worked as a security guard for an American military installation in Afghanistan, is currently waiting for the conspiracy trial and trying to provide material.
Prosecutors claim that Zada and Tawhedi tok steps to obtain rifles and ammunition AK-47 and planned to carry out an attack aimed at large crowds on election day last year.
