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Singapore has detained a 16-year-old for allegedly intending to attack two mosques, plans authorities said were inspired by the killing of Muslim wors...

SINGAPORE - The rise of right-wing extremism creeping into Singapore is a worrying development, and is part of a larger wave sweeping across the world, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Wednesday (Jan 27). He was commenting on the case of a 16-year-old Singaporean student who was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in December for...

Singaporean youth intending to mirror Christchurch attacks in Woodlands Mosques detained Thursday, January 28th 2021 A 16-year-old male Singaporean secondary school student was detained in December 2020 under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for planning and preparing to conduct a terrorist attack using a machete against Muslims at two mosques in Woodlands in Singapore. The Protestant Christian youth of Indian ethnicity, is the first detainee to be inspired by far-right extremist ideology and th...

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The 16-year-old student who has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for planning terrorist attacks on two mosques will receive Christian religious counselling to correct misconceptions he may have about his religion.

Singapore detains teen for intending to attack mosques | 2021/01/28

The 16-year-old boy in Singapore planned to knife Muslims at mosques and livestream the attack.

The Internal Security Department said the Singaporean teen was influenced by the 2019 terror attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 51 people were killed

SINGAPORE —  Two Singapore mosques that authorities said were the targets of a planned terrorist attack by a 16-year-old student stayed open Thursday as police stepped up patrols in the area. Staff at the Assyafaah Mosque and Yusof Ishak Mosque in northern Singapore said already-frequent patrols had been tightened. Singapore authorities on Wednesday said they had detained without trial an ethnic Indian Christian teen who was preparing to launch “terrorist attacks” on the mosques with a ...

Singapore mosques, worshippers react to teen’s attack plans by Annabelle Liang, The Associated Press Posted Jan 28, 2021 8:43 am EDT Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 8:44 am EDT SINGAPORE — Two Singapore mosques that authorities said were the targets of a planned terrorist attack by a 16-year-old student stayed open Thursday as police stepped up patrols in the area. Staff at the Assyafaah Mosque and Yusof Ishak Mosque in northern Singapore said already-frequent patrols had been tightened. Singa...

He is the youngest person detained under the ISA for terrorism-related activities to date.. Read more at straitstimes.com.