India, Jan. 3 -- The US department of justice on Friday said that it thwarted a knife-and-hammer attack that was orchestrated by a man in the name of the Islamic State armed group at Northern Carolina on new year's eve.

US federal agents on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old man, Christian Sturdivant for allegedly planning the attack, news agency AFP reported.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Kash Patel on Friday said that authorities had thwarted the attack. "The @FBI and partners foiled another potential New Year's Eve attack from an individual allegedly inspired by ISIS. @FBICharlotte will be speaking at a press conference shortly with more details," Patel wrote on his X handle.

Sturdivant was put under a 24-hour survei...