Biography
Abdullah Haji Zada was arrested on October 7, 2024 with Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi in an undercover operation concerning an ISIS-inspired Election Day attack plan. Zada, who was 17 at the time of arrest, later pleaded guilty as an adult to receiving and conspiring to receive firearms and ammunition for a federal terrorism crime. He was sentenced on November 19, 2025 to the statutory maximum of fifteen years in federal prison.