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Two men were charged with terrorism-related crimes detroit Federal authorities made arrests at a storage unit and elsewhere last week and seized a cache of weapons, officials said Monday.
According to a 72-page criminal complaint filed in federal court, the men searched an LGBTQ+ bar in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale.
FBI director Kash Patel The arrest was announced Friday, but no other details were released at the time, while agents searched a home in Dearborn and a storage unit in nearby Inkster.
The petition filed in the court said that the two men accused and other co-conspirators were motivated by Islamic State Extremism. Investigators say a minor was also involved in the discussion.
The FBI said the men repeatedly mentioned “pumpkin” in their conversations, a reference to the Halloween attack.
Both men are scheduled to appear in court Monday afternoon for their initial appearances. Over the weekend defense lawyer Amir Macleod rejected the allegations, saying they were the result of “hysteria” and “fear-mongering”.