SINGAPORE – Singaporean authorities have arrested a 16-year-old Singaporean teen for planning to attack two mosques inspired by the 2019 Christchurch Mosque attacks.
According to Reuters, the boy is an Indian Christian. He had purchased a bulletproof west online and intended to buy a machete when he was arrested, confirmed Internal Security Department (ISD).
He has been spying on a mosque near his house, intending to live stream the attack live.
The person is the youngest person to be arrested in Singapore and will face terrorism charges in Singapore.
A similar attack in 2019, Christchurch left several Muslim worshippers dead; the attack was live-streamed on Facebook.
Reuters contributed to this article.
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Kudos to the Internal Security Department (ISD).of Singapore, unlike elsewhere in the world where the intelligence has failed miserably.
There are multitudes of them searching the internet for weapons to unleash crimes on unsuspecting people. The intelligence departments of all countries must have a method to scan all those who visit dangerous sites on the internet and do some pre-emptive arrests.
This will save many disaster waiting to happen