2 Michigan men charged in Halloween terror plot

Question

Recently from Halloween it has been reported that 2 Michigan men were arrested for plotting a terror attack that night. During Halloween weekend in Michigan it was reported that police had found 1,600 rounds, multiple firearms, and tactical vest according to Chloe Atkins and Doha Madani from (NBC News). Having that much fire power and weapons could have been a terrible event waiting to happen. This truly shows how dangerous the world is and how quickly it is changing. The bothers were planning to conduct an attack on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group.

This could of been a planned attack that could of turned into something really tragic. Both brothers were scouting locations of where to carry out their attack plan. This headline will probably change the way we think of gun laws. If nothing changes attacks will keep on happening on innocent people. There have been many gun related activity that have killed and harmed others. Halloween is meant for people to have fun and not having to worry about their safety relating to terrorism.

Answer 1

This appears to be true, based on reporting from local news that was confirmed by national outlets. WXYZ Detroit reported that the federal government has charged two Michigan men after they allegedly conspired to commit an act of terrorism over Halloween weekend. The AP similarly said that "two 20-year-old men who had acquired high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were scouting LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit in September for a possible Halloween attack, authorities said Monday in filing terrorism-related charges." The BBC goes on to say that "federal agents raided addresses linked to Mr Ali and Mr Mahmoud and recovered guns, ammunition, GoPro cameras and tactical vests, according to the court documents." PBS references an unsealed criminal complaint that "alleged Momed Ali, Majed Mahmoud and co-conspirators were inspired by the Islamic State group’s extremism."