MINT HILL, N.C. (WBTV) – A leading expert on homegrown terrorism spoke with WBTV about the case against a teenager accused of plotting an attack in Mint Hill.
Authorities arrested 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant on New Year’s Eve after a weekslong investigation allegedly uncovered details of a “very well planned” terrorist attack in Mint Hill. No such attack was carried out.
Seamus Hughes is a senior researcher at National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education Center (NCITE). He’s been studying homegrown terrorism for the last 20 years and wrote a book on the phenomenon of Americans joining overseas groups like ISIS…