India, Jan. 2 -- The US Justice Department said on Friday it had prevented an alleged ISIS-inspired plot by a North Carolina man to carry out a knife-and-hammer attack on New Year's Eve.

Christan Sturdivant, 18, of Mint Hill, North Carolina, has been charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation, the department said in a statement. He has not yet entered a plea.

According to the statement, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who searched Sturdivant's home recovered a handwritten note titled "New Years Attack 2026," which allegedly outlined plans to stab up to 20 people and attack responding police officers.

Sturdivant was arrested by federal agents on Wednesday and was ordered to remain in custody after...