一紐約男子涉嫌策劃除夕襲擊被逮捕

The U.S. Justice Department says authorities have arrested a New York state resident accused of planning to kill civilians on New Year's Eve in the name of the Islamic State group.

A statement during an initial court appearance Thursday morning says Emanuel Lutchman, 25, was charged with attempting to provide material support to IS. He was described in court records as a "self-professed Muslim convert with a criminal history dating back to approximately 2006 . . . as well as previous state mental hygiene arrests."

The statement said, "the defendant, claiming to receive direction from an overseas [Islamic State] member, planned to commit an armed attack against civilians at a restaurant/bar located in the Rochester, New York, area." Court records said Lutchman had armed himself with knives, a machete, duct tape, zip ties and ski masks.美國司法部說，有關當局逮捕了紐約州一位居民，此人被指控策劃在新年除夕以伊斯蘭國組織的名義殺害平民。

根據星期四早上首次出庭時宣讀的一份聲明，25歲的盧奇曼被控試圖向伊斯蘭國組織提供物質支持。根據法庭記錄，盧奇曼稱自己已經皈依伊斯蘭教。記錄還說，他有刑事犯罪前科，可以追溯到大約2006年，而且曾因精神健康問題被州政府逮捕。

聲明說: “被告聲稱從一個國外伊斯蘭國組織成員那裏接收指令，計劃在紐約州羅切斯特的一家餐廳-酒吧對平民從事武裝襲擊。”根據法庭記錄，盧奇曼身上攜帶了小刀、大刀、膠帶、紮帶以及滑雪面罩等。”