Two men with links to the ISIS terrorist group who had purchased high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were planning a violent attack over the Halloween weekend in suburban Detroit, federal authorities alleged on Nov. 3 in a criminal complaint filing terrorism charges against the pair.
The two 20-year-old men—Momed Ali and Majed Mahmoud—and their co-conspirators, including a minor identified as Person 1, were allegedly inspired by ISIS terrorism to carry out the alleged plot, according to a 72-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court on Monday.
Ali and Mahmoud were allegedly scouting potential LGBT bars in Ferndale as a possible venue for the attack, according to the complaint….