FBI Foils Another New Year’s Eve Islamic Terror Attack — in North Carolina

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‘I will do jihad soon,’ and proclaimed he was ‘a soldier of the Islamic state.”

His note spelled out an explicit goal: to stab as many civilians as possible, targeting 20 to 21 victims. It also included a section labeled “martyrdom Op,” outlining plans to attack responding police officers in order to die as a martyr. Investigators additionally recovered two butcher knives and multiple hammers concealed beneath his bed, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said law enforcement seized from Sturdivant’s bedroom “a blue hammer, a wooden-handled hammer, and two butcher knives hidden underneath the defendant’s bed.” On the right is a note titled, “New Years Attack 2026,” that prosecutors said law enforcement found during a Dec. 29, 2025 search of Sturdivant’s residence in Mint Hill, N.C. (United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina)

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FBI disrupts alleged ISIS-inspired New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting NC grocery store

By: Greg Norman Fox News, January 2, 2026:

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FIRST ON FOX – The FBI disrupted an alleged plot to attack people inside a grocery store in North Carolina on New Year’s Eve in support of the Islamic State terrorist group, prosecutors revealed Friday.

Christian Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill — a town outside Charlotte — was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson said.

“The FBI and our partners continued working 24/7 over the holidays protecting the American people, and this case out of Charlotte foiling another alleged New Years Eve attacker is the latest example of their tremendous work,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Our teams quickly identified the threat and acted decisively — no doubt saving American lives in the process. Thanks to our Joint Terrorism Task Force and regional partners both in New York and Western North Carolina for their efforts.”

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Knife, hammers and note allegedly outlining New Year’s Eve attack plot

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Prosecutors said the alleged plot was foiled after Sturdivant recently began communicating online with an individual he “believed to be affiliated with ISIS but in reality was a government online covert employee,” who is referred to in a criminal complaint as “OC.” In one of the communications on Dec. 14, Sturdivant allegedly sent the OC an image of two hammers and a knife.

“During his online communications with the OC, Sturdivant said, ‘I will do jihad soon,’ and proclaimed he was ‘a soldier of the state,’ meaning ISIS,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

“In subsequent online communications with the OC, Sturdivant indicated that he planned to attack a specific grocery store in North Carolina and discussed plans to purchase a firearm to use along with the knives during the attack,” it added.

Prosecutors said a law enforcement search of Sturdivant’s residence on Dec. 29 uncovered various handwritten documents, one of which was titled “New Years Attack 2026,” and “listed, among other things, items such as a vest, mask, tactical gloves, and two knives allegedly to be used in the attack.”

“It also listed a goal of stabbing as many civilians as possible and [the] total number of victims as 20 to 21. The note also included a section listed as ‘martyrdom Op,’ with a plan to attack police that arrived at the site of the attack so the defendant would die a martyr,” the Attorney’s Office continued. “In addition, law enforcement seized from Sturdivant’s bedroom a blue hammer, a wooden handled hammer, and two butcher knives hidden underneath the defendant’s bed.”

Law enforcement seized from Sturdivant’s bedroom a list of targets, as well as tactical gloves and a vest allegedly acquired as part of his planned attack. (United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina)

Sturdivant remains held in federal custody, and if convicted, he faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, prosecutors said.

“The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people, and this case demonstrates our dedication to do everything we can to protect the residents of North Carolina. We worked closely with the Department of Justice, NYPD, Mint Hill Police Department, and our FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force partners to investigate and disrupt this serious threat of a violent attack. We will never stop working to hold people accountable who seek to harm and terrorize our community,” said James C. Barnacle, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Charlotte Field Office.

The Attorney’s Office, citing the criminal complaint, said on Dec. 18, the FBI in Charlotte “received information that an individual later identified as Sturdivant was making multiple social media posts in support of ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.”

Sturdivant allegedly posted an image in early December depicting two miniature figurines of Jesus with the on-screen text that included “May Allah curse the cross worshipers,” according to court documents. (United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina)

“In one social post in early December 2025, Sturdivant posted an image depicting two miniature figurines of Jesus with the on-screen text that included ‘May Allah curse the cross worshipers.’ The post is allegedly consistent with ISIS historic practice calling for the extermination of all non-believers, including Christians and other Muslims who do not agree with the terrorist organization’s extreme ideology,” the Attorney’s Office added.