WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday that the agency had stopped a "potential terrorist attack" targeting a U.S. Army facility in Michigan days before it was set to take place.

In a series of posts on X , Patel wrote that the FBI had arrested 19-year-old Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard, in connection with the alleged plot.

Said was arrested Thursday on charges including attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and distributing information related to destructive devices.

He could face up to life in prison if convicted.

Patel said on social media that Said had been planning an attack on the Army's Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command facility, also known as the Detroit arsenal, for months.

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