DEARBORN, MI – Federal agents have arrested a third Dearborn man in connection with what authorities describe as a chilling ISIS-inspired terrorism plot aimed at launching an armed assault on U.S. soil.
The FBI on Wednesday took Ayob Nasser, 19, of Dearborn, into custody following the arrests last week of Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, both also from Dearborn. According to an amended federal complaint, all three are charged with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS), a radical Islamic terror organization responsible for multiple deadly attacks targeting Americans.
Federal prosecutors say the men were stockpiling weapons, including AR-style rifles, shotguns, and handguns, and had made statements and plans consistent with a tactical terror assault. Investigators believe the trio shared ISIS propaganda and intended to carry out an attack “in the name of jihad.”
“We will not stop. We will follow the tentacles where they lead,” said U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. “We will continue to stand guard with the FBI against terrorism.”
Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office, said their Joint Terrorism Task Force “will continue to investigate, arrest, and disrupt all attempts or plots to do harm to our residents or to anyone within the United States.”
Officials say the investigation is ongoing, and additional arrests or charges could follow.
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