FBI foils ISIS-inspired plot at Indiana highschool, company claims | EUROtoday

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it efficiently thwarted an ISIS-inspired assault at an Indiana highschool in 2025.

FBI brokers “disrupted an ISIS-inspired plot targeting a central Indiana high school through rapid coordination with local partners,” in response to an annual abstract launched by the company’s Indianapolis subject workplace Monday.

The company didn’t share every other particulars concerning the deliberate assault, together with the title of the college, the city or metropolis, or when the plot was supposed to be carried out. It can be unclear why the plot was categorized as ISIS-inspired.

Chris Bavender, an FBI spokesperson, declined to remark additional, telling FOX 59 that the matter was “ongoing.”

“Because the student had immediate access to firearms, FBI Indianapolis worked closely with the high school and our local law enforcement partner to remove all firearms from the house, and the student was expelled from school. DOJ did not file charges as the individual is a juvenile,” Bavender stated in an announcement. The Independent has contacted the FBI for remark.

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The Indianapolis subject workplace recorded a 112 p.c enhance in arrests final 12 months in comparison with 2024, with 317 for violent crimes. It additionally seized 163 weapons – up 32 p.c from 2024.

“These results reflect relentless work by our special agents, intelligence analysts, and professional staff, along with strong partnerships at every level of law enforcement,” FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. O’Malley stated.

“Our mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution, and in 2025, we did just that.”

News of the alleged plot in Indiana comes after the FBI subject workplace in Charlotte, North Carolina, introduced that it had foiled an ISIS-inspired assault deliberate for New Year’s Eve at a grocery retailer. Christian Sturdivant, 18, has been charged with trying to offer materials help to a international terrorist group.

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Agents surveilled Sturdivant “around the clock” over the vacations, in response to Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. He stated the suspect searched ISIS web sites and “eventually reached out to what he thought was a member of ISIS.”

“In reality, [it] was an undercover agent with NYPD in New York,” Ferguson stated. “He pledged his allegiance to ISIS with that undercover agent, and he disclosed his plans to quote ‘do jihad soon.’”

“He then met a second undercover with the FBI, who he also thought was an ISIS participant. And he started to be very specific with his plans.”

Sturdivant allegedly admitted his plans to hold out the assault at a retailer in Mint Hill, a suburb of Charlotte. A search of his dwelling revealed handwritten paperwork, together with one titled “New Years Attack 2026,” which led to his arrest, the FBI stated.