Homeland Security said investigators have arrested an Afghan who allegedly made a social media post about “building a bomb” and threatened to blow up a building in Fort Worth, Texas.
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay’s arrest occurred Tuesday, Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary at DHS, said in a social media post Saturday.
Alokozay was arrested on state terrorism charges and is being held at a corrections center in Tarrant County, Texas, according to court records.
His arrest came just a day before two National Guard members were reportedly shot by another Afghan national – 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal – in Washington DC.
One of the Guard members, U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, later died from her injuries. Lakanwal now faces a first-degree murder charge.
McLaughlin claimed in an X post that Alokozay “posted a video of himself on TikTok indicating he was building a bomb with an intended target in the Fort Worth area.”
Tarrant County Corrections Center
“He was arrested Tuesday by the Texas Department of Public Safety and FBI JTTF and charged with making terroristic threats,” she added.
Attorney information for Alokozay was not immediately available.
McLaughlin said Immigration and Customs Enforcement has filed a charge for Alokozay.
– Jenna Harrison of ABC News contributed to this report.
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