The two Michigan men charged with plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack had been scouting LGBTQ-friendly bars in a Detroit suburb and talked of copying the 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people, according to a 72-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court Monday.

The document names Mohmed Ali, of Dearborn, and Majed Mahmoud as conspiring to unleash a mass shooting attack on Halloween night — a fiendish plot the suspects codenamed “pumpkin,” according to prosecutors.

Investigators tracked the men via their phone movements, which saw them travel to an area of Ferndale known for its bars and restaurants, many of which “intentionally attract members of the LGBTQ+ community,” the complaint reads.

But before Ali and Mahmoud could execute their alleged terror scheme, authorities

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