FBI thwarts 'potential terrorist attack' on New Year's Eve in NC inspired by ISIS
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Key Points:
- The FBI thwarted a planned ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on New Year's Eve in North Carolina, arresting 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
- Sturdivant allegedly planned to attack people at a grocery store and fast food restaurant using knives, hammers, and a Kevlar vest, with intentions to stab up to 20 individuals and carry out a "martyrdom operation" against responding police.
- The investigation revealed Sturdivant had been in contact with an unidentified ISIS member overseas since 2022, received instructions to carry out attacks, and pledged loyalty to ISIS through communications with undercover agents.
- Law enforcement searched Sturdivant's home and found handwritten plans
