2 Men Charged for Allegedly Plotting ISIS-Linked Halloween Attack

They were allegedly scouting LGBT bars in the Detroit area to carry out a violent attack over the holiday weekend.
2 Men Charged for Allegedly Plotting ISIS-Linked Halloween Attack
An FBI agent stands by an Evidence Response Team truck outside a home in a Dearborn, Mich., neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2025. Mike Householder/AP Photo
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Two men with links to the ISIS terrorist group who had purchased high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were planning a violent attack over the Halloween weekend in suburban Detroit, federal authorities alleged on Nov. 3 in a criminal complaint filing terrorism charges against the pair.

The two 20-year-old men—Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud—and their coconspirators, including a minor identified as Person 1, were allegedly inspired by ISIS terrorism to carry out the alleged plot, according to a 72-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court on Nov. 3.
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