Overview
- Authorities say a 19-year-old was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport after moving up a flight to Turkey, with officials alleging he intended to reach Syria to join ISIS.
- Officials describe the New Jersey pair as connected through an online forum to the Michigan group accused of planning attacks on LGBTQ+ venues in Ferndale.
- Michigan suspects Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud were arrested on Oct. 31 after FBI raids in Dearborn and Inkster that seized three AR-15-style rifles, two shotguns, four pistols and more than 1,600 rounds.
- Court filings cite encrypted communications, ISIS-related propaganda, weapons training and references to "pumpkin day" as indicators of a planned Halloween-time attack.
- Ali and Mahmoud face federal terrorism-related and weapons charges, and the FBI says the broader investigation continues as officials report no current threat to the community.