A HIV-positive Muslim soldier who was forced to wear a surgical mask in court to prevent him from trying to infect others has been found guilty of involvement in a plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of soldiers

Jurors in the U.S. District Court in Waco deliberated for around an hour before finding Naser Jason Abdo guilty of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempted murder of U.S. officers or employees, and four counts of possessing a weapon in furtherance of a federal crime of violence. He faces up to life in prison. Abdo is believed to have been in contact with the influential U.S born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi who was killed in a drone strike in 2011. Abdo, who was born in Texas and grew up in a Dallas suburb, became a Muslim when he was 17.