Overview
- Prosecutors charged Mohammad Dawood Alokozay with transmitting a threatening communication tied to a Nov. 23 video call posted to TikTok, X and Facebook.
- The complaint alleges he threatened a suicide attack, described building a bomb in a vehicle using a yellow cooking oil container linked to Taliban IEDs, and praised the Taliban.
- The FBI says public reports and facial-recognition tools helped identify Alokozay, who was arrested Nov. 25 by the Joint Terrorism Task Force with state and local partners.
- According to the unsealed complaint, Alokozay admitted making the statements and said he deleted his TikTok account; he remains in custody pending an initial federal court appearance.
- DHS says he entered under Operation Allies Welcome and later became a lawful permanent resident, and ICE has lodged a detainer, with officials reporting no link to the separate D.C. shooting as the defense urges caution at this early stage.