Ten people were arrested for taking part in a “planned ambush” on an ICE detention facility in Texas over the weekend, and face charges including attempted murder of a federal officer, according to court records, ABC News has reported.

The incident took place at the Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas, late Friday night, according to Nancy Larson, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, when 10 to 12 individuals began shooting fireworks and carrying out acts of vandalism at the facility.

Larson told a press conference that the incident “was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers.”

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