FBI Stops ISIS-Inspired Terror Attack in North Carolina

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By    |   Friday, 02 January 2026 11:39 AM EST

The Charlotte FBI field office has posted that the agents “thwarted a potential terror attack on New Year’s Eve in North Carolina.”

The FBI, in a post on X, wrote: “The subject was directly inspired to act by ISIS.”

The FBI is planning a media briefing on the case before noon today.

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