A 33-year-old Texas man who set off a bomb in his backyard and plotted to blow up a high school pleaded guilty to possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
Erfan Salmanzadeh, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Iran, pleaded guilty to “use and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meachum announced in a news release.
On July 26, 2021, Salmanzadeh set off a bomb in the backyard of his Amarillo home. Neighbors heard the explosion and called the police, setting off an investigation that led to the discovery of multiple explosives, a suicide vest, and his plot to blow up a local high school….