FBI says it disrupted a potential New Year's Eve attack inspired by Islamic State group
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Key Points:
- The FBI disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plot in North Carolina, arresting 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant, who pledged loyalty to the Islamic State (IS) group and planned attacks on a grocery store and fast-food restaurant.
- Sturdivant was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization after sharing his plans with an undercover FBI agent; he remains in custody with a hearing scheduled for January 7.
- Investigators found a manifesto at Sturdivant's home detailing plans for an attack using knives and a hammer, and the FBI had placed him under surveillance to prevent any imminent violence.
- The plot follows a pattern of IS-inspired attacks in the U.S., and the FBI has
