US EditionPotential New Year's Eve terror attack in North Carolina thwarted, FBI says
Christian Sturdivant, 18, planned to attack a grocery store and fast-food restaurant with knives and hammers in support of ISIS, after radicalizing online for over a year, FBI said.
- On Jan. 2, the U.S. Justice Department said it thwarted an alleged ISIS-inspired attack planned for New Year's Eve and detained Christian Sturdivant on that day.
- In 2022, the FBI first flagged Christian Sturdivant after contact with an unidentified ISIS member overseas, and court records show he planned for about a year, communicating in December with undercover agents from the FBI and NYPD.
- FBI agents searching his home found a handwritten note 'New Years Attack 2026' and seized two hammers, two knives, and photos of these items shared online.
- At his Friday court appearance, officials said Christian Sturdivant is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, faces a statutory maximum of 20 years, and remains in federal custody pending a hearing on Jan. 7.
- After roughly 14 days of investigation, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and partner agencies including the NYPD and local police stopped a potential national tragedy, with U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson saying, `He was preparing for jihad and innocent people were going to die`.
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According to the FBI, an 18-year-old has planned to attack people in North Carolina on New Year's Eve. It is already the second failed attempt within a few weeks.
NYE ISIS terror attack thwarted in North Carolina
A New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina was stopped by law enforcement, according to details from US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Russ Ferguson. Federal investigators allege that 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant of Mint Hill, NC, was radicalized online by ISIS and planned a terror attack using knives and hammers against a fast-food restaurant and grocery store in the area. Christian Sturdivant is charged “at…
An 18-year-old American suffering from psychiatric disorders was arrested on the eve of New Year's Eve while planning to commit a stabbing and hammering attack on behalf of the Islamic State (IS) group, announced on Friday the US authorities. ...
FBI Reveals Chilling New Details On Foiled Terror Plot
Federal agents say they stopped a teenage fast-food worker from turning New Year’s Eve into a bloodbath. Christian Sturdivant, an 18-year-old Burger King employee from Mint Hill, North Carolina, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on a grocery store and a fast food restaurant using knives and hammers, authorities said Friday. “He was preparing for jihad and innocent people were going to die,” US Attorney Russ …
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