The FBI says it disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plot in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old who allegedly pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group. Christian Sturdivant is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Authorities say he shared attack plans with an undercover FBI employee. Sturdivant was arrested Wednesday and remains in custody. An attorney representing him did not respond Friday to requests seeking comment. The investigation began last month after authorities linked Sturdivant to a social media account that posted content supportive of IS.

Much remains unknown about the man who carried out an attack in New Orleans and another who died in an explosion in Las Vegas on New Year's. One was an Army veteran and the other an active duty member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, Service members and veterans who radicalize make up a tiny fraction of a percentage point of the millions and millions who have honorably served their country. But the recent violence highlights the increased role of people with military experience in ideologically driven attacks. An Associated Press investigation published last year found that radicalization among both veterans and active duty service members was on the rise, and that hundreds of people with military backgrounds had been arrested for extremist crimes since 2017.

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