1Glassboro, NJ – A Rowan University student was among several individuals arrested by federal agents this week in connection with what authorities describe as a foiled ISIS-inspired terror plot planned to coincide with Halloween.

The FBI said the suspect, identified as a Montclair, New Jersey resident, was taken into custody Tuesday at Newark Liberty International Airport before boarding a flight to Istanbul.

University President Ali A. Houshmand confirmed in a letter to the campus community that the individual had been enrolled at Rowan this fall and is now in federal custody.

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FBI arrested a Rowan University student accused of involvement in an ISIS-linked terror plot.

Three additional suspects from Dearborn, Michigan, were also charged with conspiring to support ISIS.

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