Man Who Plotted to Blow Up Texas High School Pleads Guilty to Weapons of Mass Destruction Charge

A nail bomb and suicide vest found near the home of Erfan Salmanzadeh in Amarillo, Texas, in July 2021. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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.