SINGAPORE: A Singaporean teenager allegedly planning to kill dozens of Muslims outside several mosques has been detained, the city-state’s Internal Security Department said on Wednesday.
The 17-year-old boy was detained in March, the ISD said in a statement, adding that he had regarded white supremacist Brenton Tarrant – who, in 2019, had killed worshippers at mosques in New Zealand – as a “hero”.
ISD also said he had “identified as an ‘East Asian Supremacist'”, and had decided on five mosques across Singapore for his post-Friday prayer attacks.