(NewsNation) — Two men from New Jersey were arrested in connection with the alleged terror plot in Michigan last week.
Authorities said Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, 19, and Milo Sedarat were taken into custody. Records revealed Sedarat’s father appears to be Roger Sedarat, an award-winning Iranian American poet and professor.
Officials acknowledged that Jiminez-Guzal had talked about wanting to train with the Islamic State terrorist group and had planned to fly to Turkey before attempting to go to Syria.
Jiminez-Guzal had originally planned traveling in the middle of November, but allegedly moved up his timeline after a home and storage unit in Detroit connected to the plot were raided last week.
Jiminez-Guzal and Sedarat are expected to face charges.
2 men previously arrested for alleged role in plot
The new arrests come after two other men were charged in the alleged plot earlier this week.
Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud have been charged with receiving and transferring — and attempting and conspiring to receive and transfer — firearms and 71 ammunition, knowing and having reasonable cause to believe that the firearms and ammunition would be used to commit a federal crime of terrorism.
Court documents say Ali and an unnamed juvenile were referenced in third-party conversations on an encrypted communication app, and the “brothers” were allegedly planning to conduct a terror attack in the U.S. on behalf of ISIS. Ali is also accused of purchasing a shotgun, an AR-15-style rifle and multiple firearms accessories, including a device that allows a shooter to increase the rate of fire on a semiautomatic weapon.
Mahmoud purchased 1,600 rounds of ammunition to be used in AR-15-style rifles during the attack, according to the documents.
The complaint says Ali and Mahmoud scouted locations for an attack in Ferndale, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, and appeared to set the date for the attack for Halloween.
Alleged Michigan terror plot stopped
FBI Director Kash Patel said a “potential terrorist attack” was thwarted in Michigan last Friday.
The bureau’s Detroit field office confirmed agents were in the nearby cities of Dearborn and Inkster in the morning, conducting law enforcement activities.
Defense attorney Amir Makled previously pushed back on the allegations from investigators, saying that no terror attack was being planned, referring to comments about the alleged attack as hysteria and fearmongering.