KENT, WASH. (Michigan News Source) – The FBI investigation into the alleged Halloween attack that began in Dearborn has now expanded from coast-to-coast.
Saed Ali Mirreh of Kent, Washington – which is 20 miles south of Seattle – marks the sixth person charged for his involvement in the terrorist plot. KONG-TV reported that Mirreh, 19, was bankrolling the operation, according to FBI investigators.
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Earlier this week, two men were arrested in New Jersey in connection with the plot. Tomas Kaan Jimenez Guzal and Milo Sedarat were taken into custody in New Jersey.
NBC reported Mirreh told the FBI he was going to travel to Syria and be a fighter for ISIS, according to the criminal complaint.
News of the FBI investigation broke Oct. 31 in Dearborn.
Dearborn men Ayob Asmail Nasser, Mohmed Ali, and Majed Mahmoud have all been arrested and charged in connection with terrorist plot.
According to the FBI, the alleged terrorists had scouted the city of Ferndale and targeted a strip of bars that attracted the LGBTQ crowd as a potential target. The group also look at other locations in the Midwest.
