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| New York man charged with plotting 'Isis terror attack' on restaurant on New Year's Eve | New York man charged with plotting 'Isis terror attack' on restaurant on New Year's Eve |
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| A man has been arrested and charged with plotting to carry out an Isis-inspired terror attack with a machete in a New York restaurant on New Year's Eve. | |
| The US Justice Department said Emanuel Lutchman, 25, planned to carry out the attack at a restaurant in Rochester, in New York state. He has been charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State. | |
| “The FBI thwarted Emanuel Lutchman’s intent to kill civilians on New Year's Eve,” FBI Special Agent Adam Cohen said in a statement. | |
| “The FBI remains concerned about people overseas who use the Internet to inspire people in the United States to commit acts of violence where they live.” | |
| According to legal documents filed in court, Mr Lutchman, who had a criminal record and a history of mental health issues, had had pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and wanted to leave to US to live in the so-called caliphate. | |
| The convert to Islam had allegedly been in contact with a suspected Isis member in Syria who urged him to kill non-Muslims on the holiday. | |
| “New year is here soon. Do operations and kill some kuffar,” the overseas contact told him, the court papers allege, according to NBC. | |
| Mr Lutchman was reportedly detained with the help of confidential informants who received payment from the FBI. One of them paid for masks, zip-ties, knives, duct tape, ammonia and latex gloves that were allegedly supposed to be used in the attack, the court documents show. | |
| In his conversations with the informants, Mr Lutchman allegedly discussed using pressure cooker bombs or knives in an attack meant to impress his ISIS handlers, the complaint said. | |
| “[T]hat's what my plan, that's on my mind, that's all I been thinking about,” he said. “'Cause I'm getting amped up, to accept the fact that's what I gotta do.” | |
| On December 28, he allegedly told an informant he wanted to sneak a bomb into a club or bar, kidnap a couple of people and kill them. | |
| “I will take a life. I don't have a problem with that,” he said. | |
| The FBI arrested Lutchman on Wednesday and seized a video in which swore allegiance to al-Baghdadi and claimed responsibility for the planned attack. | |
| “The FBI remains concerned about people overseas who use the Internet to inspire people in the United States to commit acts of violence where they live.” |