Habba: DOJ moved ‘swiftly and decisively’ to stop ISIS-linked Halloween terror plot targeting Jews

Federal prosecutors accidental the FBI has breached up an ISIS-linked web stretching from Michigan to New Jersey, charging respective young men successful a coordinated probe that allegedly progressive plans for a Halloween wide shooting and efforts to articulation the Islamic State abroad.

Tomas Jimenez-Guzel, 19, of Montclair, New Jersey, and Saed Mirreh, 19, of Kent, Washington, were arrested this week successful a New Jersey lawsuit tied to others already charged successful Michigan.

The Justice Department announced the caller charges Wednesday, calling the probe a "sprawling national investigation" into extremists who utilized encrypted messaging to communicate. U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said the New Jersey defendants "had pledged themselves to ISIS" and were successful "frequent connection with the Michigan cell."

"We volition proceed to determination swiftly and decisively whenever coercion oregon hatred threatens our communities," Habba said Friday. "The menace of coercion is existent erstwhile Americans are threatened. We respond fast, focused, and together."

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Milo Sedarat allegedly sent these images to a person implicit societal media successful January 2025. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

A 93-page ailment filed Nov. 5 successful the Eastern District of Michigan charges Ayob Asamil Nasser and brothers Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud with conspiring to supply worldly enactment to ISIS. Prosecutors accidental the trio stockpiled AR-15-style rifles, shotguns, handguns and astir 1,680 rounds of ammunition, referring to their program arsenic "pumpkin" — codification for a Halloween-day attack. Also charged is Milo Sedarat, 21, of New Jersey.

Agents accidental they trained astatine Detroit-area ranges, shared ISIS propaganda and discussed targeting LGBTQ bars successful Ferndale and a Jewish center. During the Oct. 31 raids, the FBI seized tactical vests, GoPro cameras and magazines from homes and a U-Haul retention unit.

In Newark, Jimenez-Guzel and Mirreh look charges of conspiring to supply worldly enactment to a overseas violent organization, the Associated Press reported. Jimenez-Guzel besides faces an effort number aft agents arrested him Tuesday astatine Newark Liberty International Airport arsenic helium allegedly tried to alert to Turkey connected his mode to Syria.

SUSPECTED NEW JERSEY JIHADI FANTASIZED ABOUT KILLING JEWS WITH SWORDS IN ALLEGED ISIS PLOT: FEDS

A divided representation showing selfies allegedly exchanged betwixt suspects successful an ISIS-inspired panic crippled involving astatine slightest six young men from 3 states. The antheral connected the near is alleged to beryllium Tomas Jimenez-Guzel, posing beneath an ISIS flag, and connected the close is alleged to beryllium Saed Mirreh, wearing ISIS-inspired garb. Both allegedly blurred their ain faces earlier sending the images to a radical chat intercepted by national investigators. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

Court filings cited by AP accidental their question plans "picked up velocity aft the Oct. 31 arrests" of respective Michigan suspects "with whom they had been communicating."

"We volition not stop. We volition travel the tentacles wherever they lead," said U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. successful Detroit.

FBI Detroit Special Agent Jennifer Runyan said her squad volition "continue to investigate, apprehension and disrupt each attempts oregon plots to bash harm … to support the homeland." Habba praised practice betwixt the Michigan and New Jersey offices arsenic "a exemplary of coordination against extremist threats."

Both complaints picture encrypted WhatsApp chats called "Muslimeen," wherever suspects allegedly shared ISIS materials, arranged firearms grooming and discussed the "pumpkin" timeline. Officials judge the 2 groups were portion of a azygous network, immoderate readying home attacks and others seeking to articulation ISIS abroad.

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A divided representation shows inactive photos taken from surveillance video showing Mohmed Ali astatine a Michigan weapon range. (Eastern District of Michigan)

The Michigan defendants stay successful custody successful Detroit; Jimenez-Guzel and Mirreh appeared successful courts successful Newark and Seattle. 

All look charges of providing worldly enactment to a overseas violent organization, and further juvenile cases whitethorn beryllium nether seal.