A former member of the Michigan Army National Guard is facing federal terrorism charges after authorities say he spent months plotting a brutal ISIS-inspired assault on a U.S. military installation in the heart of America.
Federal investigators say the attack could have turned into a bloodbath if agents had not stepped in just hours before the alleged plan was set to unfold.
According to the Department of Justice, 19-year-old Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said of Melvindale, Michigan, was arrested on May 13 after allegedly carrying out final preparations for a mass casualty strike against the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command facility, commonly known as TACOM, located at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren.
Prosecutors say the teenager believed he was coordinating with fellow ISIS supporters. In reality, he had been communicating with undercover federal agents who had been monitoring the operation for months.
Authorities allege Said’s role in the terror scheme went far beyond online rhetoric.
Investigators say he supplied armor-piercing ammunition, handed over high-capacity magazines, and trained undercover operatives in firearms use and Molotov cocktail construction. Court filings also accuse him of conducting drone surveillance flights over the military complex to gather intelligence ahead of the planned attack.
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