{"id":459641,"date":"2026-10-08T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459641\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:28:11","slug":"afghan-pleads-guilty-in-texas-federal-court-to-making-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459641\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan pleads guilty in Texas federal court to making threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791422890_48_breakingphoto.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"An Afghan national who lived in Fort Worth pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, Oct. 6, to threatening to conduct a suicide attack in November 2025, according to a Department of Justice news release.\" alt=\"An Afghan national who lived in Fort Worth pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, Oct. 6, to threatening to conduct a suicide attack in November 2025, according to a Department of Justice news release.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        An Afghan national who lived in Fort Worth pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, Oct. 6, to threatening to conduct a suicide attack in November 2025, according to a Department of Justice news release.<\/p>\n<p>                Pexels<\/p>\n<p>An Afghan national who lived in Fort Worth pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to threatening to conduct a suicide attack in November 2025, according to a Department of Justice news release.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, 31, faces up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndtx\/pr\/afghan-national-pleads-guilty-federal-charge-after-online-suicide-attack-threat\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five years in prison<\/a>, officials with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Texas said in the release. His sentencing date has not been scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents show that Alokozay participated in an online video chat group with several other people on Nov. 23, 2025, according to the release. At least one of the other participants, identified in the release as Victim 1, was also from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlokozay and the others exchanged highly offensive insults based on longstanding tribal animosity,\u201d the release states. \u201cAlokozay threatened to conduct a \u2018suicide attack\u2019 against Victim 1 and the others using a \u2018suicide bomb.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the exchange was recorded and uploaded to TikTok, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article313248349.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alokozay was arrested<\/a> on a charge of making terroristic threats. A search of Alokozay\u2019s home and cell phone showed \u201che had no bomb making materials,\u201d the release states. Authorities concluded he didn\u2019t actually intend to carry out an attack.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Raybould, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said threatening a suicide attack is a crime, not a joke or momentary outburst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States has zero-tolerance for any threat to engage in a suicide attack or mass casualty event,\u201d Raybould said in the release. \u201cWe will respond swiftly and decisively to ensure that anyone who engages in this type of behavior faces serious federal consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791422891_798_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Afghan national who lived in Fort Worth pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, Oct. 6, to threatening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-459641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}