An Afghan national was arrested this week after he claimed he was building a bomb and intended to target a building in Fort Worth, Texas, authorities said.
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay was apprehended Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security after posting a video to his TikTok profile with the alleged threat. He is being charged at the state level.
Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, who came to the United States as part of Operation Allies Welcome, was arrested after posting a video of himself indicating he was building a bomb with an intended target of the Fort Worth area in Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety
Alokozay was arrested one day before the shooting in Washington, D.C. by the Texas Department of Public Safety and an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. TNS
He was arrested a day before Rahmandullah Lakanwal, 29, also an Afghan national who came to the US as part of Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome, shot two National Guard troops in Washington, DC, on Nov. 26.
A Homeland official could not confirm any connection between the two Afghan men, and it was not immediately known how Alokozay got his immigration status through the Biden era program.
Alokozay (inset) came to the US in the wake of the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan as part of the Biden policy, according to DHS. He was made a lawful permanent US resident on Sept. 7, 2022, Fox News reported.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer on Alokozay after his arrest, the outlet reported, and arresting agents included members of an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the alleged gunman in the shooting of two National Guard members this week in Washington, D.C., also arrived in the U.S. under the same program as Alokozay. US Attorney’s Office/AFP via Getty Images
National Guard members Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, the two soldiers who were shot in Washington, DC. US Attorney’s Office/AFP via Getty Images
Lakanwal allegedly fatally shot Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically injured Andrew Wolfe, 24, before being subdued by an heroic and unidentified National Guardsman who was armed only with a knife.
The suspect, who is recovering at a hospital from critical injuries, was a member of the Afghan Army in Kandahar where he supported US Special Forces in the region.