FBI halts Michigan terror plot, arrests in Dearborn and Inkster

Federal investigators arrested multiple people in Michigan on Friday, Oct. 31, after the FBI said it thwarted a potential terrorist attack that had been planned for the Halloween weekend. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrests in a post on the social media platform X, saying the agency had "thwarted a potential terrorist attack" and that additional details would be released later.

Patel did not specify how many people were arrested, where in the state the suspects planned to carry out an attack, what the alleged target was, or how the plot was uncovered. An FBI spokesperson in Detroit confirmed agents were conducting operations in the region and said there is no current threat to public safety. Dearborn police likewise told residents they were aware of FBI activity and that the community was not at risk.

Law enforcement vehicles from the FBI and state police were seen in a neighborhood near Fordson High School in Dearborn. A video posted online showed federal agents entering a home on Middle Point Street, and witnesses reported seeing heavy police presence and flashing lights early Friday. Investigators were observed carrying items from an evidence truck back into a...