FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday the bureau had thwarted a "potential terrorist attack."

In a social media post , Patel said, "multiple subjects" were arrested by the FBI in Michigan Friday morning. Those subjects were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend, according to Patel.

The director said more details were expected to come later.

The FBI’s Detroit field office confirmed “the FBI in Michigan were present in the cities of Dearborn and Inkster this morning conducting law enforcement activities,” spokesperson Jordan Hall told CNN. “There is no current threat to public safety.”

The Dearborn Police Department said it “has been made aware that the FBI conducted operations in the City of Dearborn earlier this morning.”

“We want to assure our residents that ther

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