3rd Dearborn Man Charged In Halloween Terror Plot: Feds

DEARBORN, MI — A third Dearborn man has been charged in connection with a Halloween terror plot in metro Detroit, according to federal officials.

Ayob Nasser, 19, was charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS (a radical Islamic terror group that has repeatedly killed Americans) and having firearms that would be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS.

Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud are also facing charges in connection with the plot, according to federal officials.

Nasser's arrest came shortly after two New Jersey residents, Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal and Milo Sedarat, were arrested at the Newark Liberty International Airport in connection with the investigation.

"FBI Detroit and its Joint Terrorism Task Force will continue to investigate, arrest, and disrupt all attempts or plots to do harm to our residents or to anyone within the United States," said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. "Nothing will stop us from working with our law enforcement partners, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, to accomplish our mission of defending the homeland and upholding the constitution."

Federal officials believe the group was planning to attack multiple locations in Ferndale. They said Ali and Mahmoud bought AR-15 rifles with tons of ammo and scouted locations along Woodward and 9 Mile Road, where there are many bars and clubs, some of which intentionally attract members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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