The Secondary 3 student considered conducting knife attacks at popular tourist spots in Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - A 15-year-old self-radicalised student who thought about carrying out knife attacks to behead non-Muslims in popular tourist areas here and becoming a suicide bomber has been detained under the Internal Security Act .
Both teenagers, who had been inspired by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria propaganda, cannot be named as they are under 18 years of age. The youth had in early 2022 come across podcasts by foreign preacher, Ismail Menk while searching for religious content online. The Zimbabwean Salafi preacher has been banned from preaching in Singapore since 2015 for his segregationist teachings.
Desiring to live in an Islamic caliphate governed by Islamic law, he considered travelling to Afghanistan but had not undertaken any preparations at the point of his arrest in November 2022. He also shared pro-ISIS materials on his social media accounts and tried unsuccessfully to purchase an ISIS flag online in the later half of 2022.
He was cautioned by ISD to stay away from extremist content online but continued to consume ISIS propaganda and engaged in ISIS-related discussions with other social media users. He then became convinced of ISIS’s legitimacy and supported creating an Islamic caliphate through violence, including through the use of beheadings, shootings, and suicide bombings.
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