Overview
- FBI Director Kash Patel said multiple people were arrested in Michigan in an alleged plan to carry out a violent attack over the Halloween weekend.
- The FBI Detroit field office confirmed Friday morning operations in Dearborn and Inkster and reported no current threat to public safety.
- Court documents are sealed and officials have not publicly identified suspects or specified charges.
- Reports citing law-enforcement sources and the Associated Press describe an ISIS-inspired probe involving online chatroom discussions referencing "Pumpkin Day" and weapons, with an undercover FBI operative engaged.
- Agents searched homes in Dearborn and removed items as evidence, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she was briefed and praised law enforcement for swift action.