Overview
- Ayob Nasser, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud consented to detention in federal court on Nov. 10, with preliminary hearings set for Nov. 17 and Nov. 21 in Detroit.
- Federal officials say six young men have been arrested across Michigan, New Jersey and Washington in an ISIS-linked investigation that remains active.
- Court filings describe AR-style rifles, shotguns, handguns and roughly 1,600 rounds of ammunition, plus tactical gear and GoPro cameras seized during Oct. 31 raids.
- The FBI cites encrypted group chats using code words such as “pumpkin” for a planned Halloween attack and identifies potential targets including LGBTQ venues in Ferndale, a Jewish center and Cedar Point in Ohio.
- New Jersey defendants include Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, arrested at Newark airport while allegedly attempting to fly to Turkey, and Milo Sedarat, while Washington authorities charged Saed Ali Mirreh with providing material support to ISIS, as defense lawyers dispute claims of an imminent mass-casualty plot.