The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said the FBI arrested an Afghan man who was allegedly plotting an Election Day attack. Officials said the man—identified as 27-year-old Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma—was inspired by the Islamic State and intended to target large crowds in the attack.

An Afghanistan man living in Oklahoma was arrested for conspiring to conduct a terrorist attack in the U.S. on Election Day.

The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S. That's according to a Justice Department announcement Tuesday.

U.S. officials on Tuesday said they had thwarted a plot to carry out a terror attack in the U.S. on Election Day by an Afghan citizen with ties to ISIS. The Justice Department unsealed charges

WASHINGTON — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in America, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi is accused of working with his brother-in-law, a minor, to target large gatherings in the United States on Nov. 5 in the name of ISIS.

An Afghan national living in Oklahoma City was charged with conspiring to conduct a terrorist attack on Election Day in the U.S. on behalf of ISIS.

The plot allegedly targeted large crowds in the U.S., the Justice Department says, as law-enforcement agencies fear lone-wolf attacks.

It is not clear where the man intended to stage the attack, though the criminal complaint said he sought to inflict mass casualties on behalf of the Islamic State.