DEARBORN, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Officials filed a federal criminal complaint on Monday against Dearborn men Majed Mahmoud and Mohmed Ali as part of the investigation into what the FBI called a planned ISIS-related attack on Halloween weekend.
The Detroit News reported that Ali and Mahmoud face charges of “receiving and transferring, and attempting and conspiring to transfer, firearms and ammunition to commit terrorism.”
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FBI Director Kash Patel announced Oct. 31 the FBI had thwarted “a potential terrorist attack.”
Media reports referenced discussion online about a mass attack inspired by ISIS on Halloween as the online chatter mentioned “Pumpkin Day.” That prompted the FBI to act. It had been reported that the participants had recently practiced shooting AK-47s.
The Associated Press reported that police raided two homes in Dearborn and a storage facility in Inkster over the weekend.
Lawyers for people investigated for the terrorism plot told The Detroit News the FBI’s claims were exaggerated. In addition, lawyers said their clients were not part of a terror cell, had no plans for an attack, and did not pose an imminent threat.
The alleged foiled terror plot comes after a series of incidents brought Dearborn into the national spotlight.
During a September City Council meeting, the city’s Muslim Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told a Christian resident that the man wasn’t welcome in the city. Those comments brought attention to the city’s practice of broadcasting a Muslim call to prayer five times a day as early as 5:30 a.m., something that had been going on as far back as 1979.
