The FBI arrested multiple suspects who were allegedly plotting a foiled “potential terrorist attack” in Michigan over the Halloween weekend.
In a social media post, Patel said multiple people were arrested.
A spokesperson for the FBI field office in Detroit told CBS News that FBI agents were in the cities of Dearborn and Inkster on Friday, “conducting law enforcement activities.” They did not offer any additional information on the investigation but said there is “no current threat to public safety.”
“Thanks to the men and women of FBI and law enforcement everywhere standing guard 24/7 and crushing our mission to defend the homeland,” Patel wrote.
“This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend,” Patel wrote in a statement on X.
Those officials say the group has a nexus to some form of foreign extremism, but did not say if it was ISIS, Al Qaeda, or some other similar ideology. Officials stressed there is no current threat to the public,
Law enforcement was able to monitor the group in the greater Detroit area in the past several days at a minimum to make sure no actual attack happened, the officials said.
Sources said the FBI has not shared specific details of the operation with Dearborn city authorities, but city officials were informed a few hours in advance that an operation would be conducted in the neighborhood where it occurred.
The Detroit Free Press reports that the Dearborn Police Department confirmed “the FBI conducted operations in the City of Dearborn earlier this morning,” but referred calls to the FBI and emphasized “there is no threat to the community at this time.”
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