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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Federal authorities arrested two additional suspects linked to a thwarted Halloween terror plot.

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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, Milo Sederat, Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud, and unnamed accomplices.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Arrests occurred on November 4; linked to planned attacks in Michigan targeting LGBT nightclubs.

🎯IMPACT: Federal authorities disrupted a plot inspired by prior terror attacks, seizing weapons and ammunition.

Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with a foiled Halloween terror plot, according to a law enforcement source. The individuals, identified as Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal and Milo Sederat, were taken into custody on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation that could lead to additional arrests. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau assisted federal authorities in locating and apprehending the suspects. It remains unclear whether the two are among the unnamed co-conspirators mentioned in earlier court documents.

Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, both 20 and residents of Dearborn, Michigan, in connection with the same plot. According to court filings, the plan involved targeting LGBT nightclubs in Ferndale, Michigan. Investigators say the suspects stockpiled weapons, practiced shooting, and scouted potential attack sites. A juvenile and other unidentified accomplices were also referenced in the criminal complaint.

Authorities allege the group code-named their operation “Pumpkin” and drew inspiration from previous mass-casualty radical Islamic terror attacks, including the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando and the 2015 Bataclan concert hall attack in Paris. During raids last Friday, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents recovered numerous firearms, tactical equipment, and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition from the homes of Ali and Mahmoud, as well as from a shared storage unit. Both men are being held without bail and are scheduled for detention hearings in Detroit on Monday. Court appearances for Jimenez-Guzal and Sederat have not yet been set.

Last year, an Afghan national, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide support to Islamic State (ISIS) in a planned Election Day attack after entering the U.S. through a Special Immigrant Visa program. He was also reported to have previously worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Earlier in 2024, authorities arrested 18-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio of Idaho for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on local churches, intending to use firearms and firebombs.

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