Arrests in Michigan stopped potential Halloween terror attack: FBI
Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force search a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 31, 2025.
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FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday morning that the FBI had arrested multiple people in Michigan, thwarting “a potential terrorist attack … over Halloween weekend.”
Patel, in a social media post, said that other details about the arrests were forthcoming.
“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 on X.
“More details to come. 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.
NBC News reported that the FBI into custody five young people from the cities of Dearborn and Inkster in an investigation into a plot to conduct an attack in the United States “that has a connection to ISIS extremism.”
NBC, citing three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the probe, reported that the group discussed conducting an attack around Halloween, which they called “pumpkin day.”
FBI Director Kash Patel, speaks during a press conference related to arrests of NBA players and coaches for illegal gambling schemes, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York, October 23, 2025.
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The Police Department in Dearborn, Michigan, in a post on Facebook, it had been “made aware that the FBI conducted operations in the City of Dearborn earlier this morning.”
“We want to assure our residents that there is no threat to the community at this time,” the department said.
This is developing news. Check back for updates.
