The operative ultimately suggested Lutchman plan an operation for New Year’s and kill “1000000s of coffer” – referring to non-believers, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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According to documents, Lutchman has a criminal history dating back to 2006.
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He said despite the crowds they are ready for anything. The plot allegedly focused on an undisclosed Rochester-area restaurant.
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Within the past few days, Lutchman and an informant allegedly went to a Wal-Mart in Rochester and purchased items, including ski masks, two knives and a machete, that would be used in the attack. If we grab somebody, they can’t live.
He had no money and the informant paid about $40 for the supplies, the complaint said. Authorities say Lutchman told this person that he was arranging an operation with “a brother”, and talked about doing assassinations and using a pressure cooker bomb. The next day, Lutchman was arrested – and the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized a video he made on his cellphone taking responsibility for the attack and pledging his allegiance to ISIS.
Lutchman, 25, is a convert to Islam who said he received direction from an overseas IS member and planned to carry out an attack at a bar-restaurant in Rochester on Thursday, authorities wrote in court papers. He served five years for that crime.
“According to the complaint, as part of Emanuel Lutchman’s attempt to provide material support to ISIL, he planned to kill innocent civilians on New Year’s Eve in the name of the terrorist organization”, Assistant Attorney General Carlin said in a statement.
Information on an attorney for him wasn’t immediately available.
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