Singapore has detained an 18-year-old man, accusing him of supporting the Islamic State group and planning to carry out assaults, security officers talked about Wednesday.
Muhammad Irfan Danyal bin Mohamad Nor, a Singaporean pupil, was detained in December beneath the Inside Security Act, which allows for detention with out trial for as a lot as two years.
He turned radicalised after viewing Islamic State group propaganda on-line, authorities talked about in a press launch, together with that he wanted to utilize social media to gather fighters to conduct assaults in Singapore.
Authorities talked about his plans included recruiting a suicide automotive bomber to assault a navy camp along with bombing a grave web site.
“On the extent of arrest, he was determined to commit violence,” talked about Minister for Laws and Home Affairs Okay. Shanmugam.
Such cases are unusual throughout the multicultural and multi-racial city-state.
In 2020, authorities detained a 16-year-old who consider to assault two mosques in Singapore after being influenced by a massacre of Muslim worshippers in New Zealand.
The following yr, a 20-year-old Singaporean Muslim was arrested beneath the equivalent laws, with authorities accusing him of planning a deadly stabbing spree in direction of Jews at a synagogue.
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