Homeland Safety stated investigators arrested an Afghan nationwide who allegedly made a social media submit about “constructing a bomb” and threatened to explode a constructing in Fort Price, Texas.
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay’s arrest occurred on Tuesday, Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary with DHS, stated in a social media submit Saturday.
Alokozay was arrested on state terror costs and is being held at a corrections middle in Tarrant County, Texas, in line with court docket data.
His arrest got here only a day earlier than two Nationwide Guard members had been allegedly shot by one other Afghan nationwide — 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal– in Washington D.C.
One of many Guard members, U.S. Military Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, later died from her accidents. Lakanwal is now going through a first-degree homicide cost.
McLaughlin alleged in an X submit that Alokozay “posted a video of himself on TikTok indicating he was constructing a bomb with an meant goal of the Fort Price space.”
Mohammad Alokozay is proven on this Nov. 25 2025, reserving photograph.
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“He was arrested on Tuesday by the Texas Division of Public Security and FBI JTTF and charged with making Terroristic Threats,” she added.
Legal professional data for Alokozay was not instantly obtainable.
McLaughlin stated Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a retainer for Alokozay.
-ABC Information’ Jenna Harrison contributed to this report.
