FBI: Seattle-area suspect accused of planning to join ISIS, tied to Detroit-area ‘pumpkin day’ plot

A Kent teenager accused of planning overseas travel to join the Islamic State has been ordered detained while a parallel federal investigation in Michigan examines whether a separate group of suspects was preparing a violent attack over Halloween weekend, according to court documents and statements from federal officials.

Saed Ali Mirreh, 19, was arrested Tuesday at his Washington home and charged in the District of New Jersey with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, court records show.

The charges stem from a months-long FBI investigation that also led to the arrest of a New Jersey college student, Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, after he arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport with a one-way itinerary to Turkey. Both men are U.S. citizens…

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