US EditionFeds arrest two additional suspects in thwarted ISIS-inspired Halloween plot: source
- Federal authorities arrested Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal and Milo Sederat this week in Montclair, New Jersey, with help from the NYPD's Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau.
- The complaint says the plot, codenamed 'pumpkin', targeted one or more nightclubs on Halloween, inspired by Pulse and Bataclan attacks, and the suspects planned on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group.
- Searches yielded multiple firearms and tactical gear, including two shotguns, AR-15 style rifles, four handguns, tactical vests, GoPro cameras, and a storage unit with two tactical backpacks and 24 empty magazines.
- On Monday, federal prosecutors charged Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud with receiving and conspiring to transfer firearms for terrorism, and both are held without bail until at least Monday in federal court in Detroit.
- Investigators say additional accomplices remain under investigation and court dates for Jimenez-Guzal and Sederat were not immediately clear.
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Third suspect arrested in alleged ISIS-inspired terrorism plot in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI - A third Dearborn man has been arrested in what federal authorities say is an expanding ISIS-linked terrorism investigation, adding to a case that already resulted in two local men being charged earlier this week.
Feds Catch Two More in ISIS-Linked Halloween Plot.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Federal authorities arrested two additional suspects linked to a thwarted Halloween terror plot.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, Milo Sederat, Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud, and unnamed accomplices.WHEN & WHERE: Arrests occurred on November 4; linked to planned attacks in Michigan targeting LGBT nightclubs.IMPACT: Federal authorities disrupted a plot inspired by prior terror attacks, seizing weapons and ammuniti…
Justice Department charges third man in connection to alleged Halloween terror plot
The third man has been identified as 19-year-old Ayob Nasser, who was arrested earlier Wednesday and is accused of participating in planning a possible attack on LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit.
By Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras and John Miller, CNN. Two men were arrested in New Jersey amid a terrorist plot investigation following the arrest of two others in Michigan for an alleged ISIS-inspired terrorist plot, New Jersey Acting Attorney General Alina Habba said. The two men were reportedly part of the same online communication group as those who devised the alleged Michigan plot, according to an official close to the investigation. The fo…
Report: Two More Arrests in Connection with Michigan ISIS-Inspired Halloween Terror Plot Including Son of Iranian American Poet
The Gateway Pundit reported that five suspects, including two twenty-year-olds and three young men under the age of 18, were arrested in the nation’s largest Muslim majority city of Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday during an FBI raid.
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