As our own Doug Powers reported on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that "the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend." He said more details were to come, and now we have them.
Some more details emerging…
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 31, 2025
- The FBI raided multiple homes in Dearborn Michigan and a storage facility in Inkster.
- At least 2 suspects are in custody and 2 more people were taken in for questioning.
- There was some sort of chatroom where these suspects discussed… pic.twitter.com/07r5LUOH0V
The post continues:
… plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack for “Pumpkin day.” The suspects also went to a shooting range to practice firing AK-47s and doing tactical high-speed reloads.
An ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in Dearborn, Michigan.
What? In Dearborn? That’s impossible!
— Pudge (@pudgenet) November 1, 2025
Wow,an ISIS inspired attack being planned by people in Dearborn? Are they Mormons? No? Jews? No? Baptists? No? If we all know the answer to who they are, why allow large numbers of people like that immigrate to America?
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 31, 2025
Who could have possibly foreseen that allowing Muslims to set up their own kingdom in Michigan would end badly? https://t.co/bfMLIRePtV
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 31, 2025
What terrifies me the most is the social media backlash against peaceful Muslims like Mehdi Hasan.
— Brad Brown (@rbradbrown) November 1, 2025
The entire city of Dearborn is a sleeper cell
— Molly (@Mollypitcherz) November 1, 2025
Can't believe the bigots chose Dearborn to attack. This Islamaphobia must stop!
— Sam Rosenthal, Award Winning Online Safety EXPERT! (@SirSardonic) October 31, 2025
Dearborn. Hmm. Isn’t that a hotbed of white supremacy?
— The Old Guitarist (@guernicapic) October 31, 2025
Michigan men.
— metalhed64 (@vandenavon15003) November 1, 2025
CNN reports:
An attorney who said he is representing one of the adults in custody urged people to wait for “verifiable facts” before jumping to conclusions. His client, a 20-year-old US citizen who has not been publicly identified, is cooperating with authorities and has not been formally charged, attorney Amir Makled said.
“We are confident that, once the facts are reviewed objectively, it will be clear there was never any planned ‘mass-casualty’ event or coordinated terror plot of any kind,” Makled said in an email to CNN.
“The reality here involves a small group … with a lawful interest in recreational firearms, not a terrorist cell or organized attack. All firearms were legally obtained and registered,” Makled said.
Funny we still don't have the names of those arrested.
Has Mamdani made himself the victim here yet, too?
— The Durham Report (@TheDurhamReport) November 1, 2025
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