Soldier indicted in Fort Hood bomb plot

WACO, Texas (AP/KXAN) - An absent-without-leave soldier was indicted Tuesday on three federal charges in connection with a plot to bomb Fort Hood soldiers in Texas.

Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo was indicted by a federal grand jury in Waco.

He's charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device, possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition by a fugitive from justice.

The 21-year-old Abdo faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each charge if convicted.

According to court records, officers with the Killeen Police Department arrested Abdo on July 27, 2011. At the time of his arrest, Abdo was in possession of the handgun plus instructions on how to build a bomb as well as bomb making components, including six bottles of smokeless gunpowder, shotgun shells, shotgun pellets, two clocks, two spools of auto wire, an electric drill and two pressure cookers.

Court documents also allege that Abdo intended to use the materials to assemble two destructive devices with the intention of detonating them inside an unspecified restaurant frequented by soldiers from Fort Hood.

The case is being investigated by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation together with Army Criminal Investigation Command, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Killeen Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Assistant United States Attorney Mark Frazier is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.