Thursday, January 28, 2021
Options: The young person bought a tactical vest and had made his choice of machete, but had not yet bought it. – The Straits Times / ANN / Homeland Security Department
A 16-year-old Singaporean student was arrested under the Homeland Security Act (ISA) for planning to open two mosques in the city on March 15 this year – the second anniversary of the Christchurch terrorist attacks.
As a Protestant Christian of Indian descent, he is the first inmate to be inspired by right-wing extremism and the youngest to be arrested for terrorist activities under the ISA, the said Internal Security Department (ITS) yesterday. The secondary school student According to ISD, detailed plans and preparations were made to carry out attacks with a machete against Muslims in two mosques.
He had selected the Assyafaah Mosque in Sembawang and the Yusof Ishak Mosque in Woodlands as his targets because they were near his house.
Influenced by the Christchurch attacker Brenton Tarrant, the youth had determined his route and bought an anti-aircraft jacket. He wanted to buy a machete on the online marketplace Carousell and wanted to stream his planned massacre live.
“He was radicalized himself, motivated by a strong aversion to Islam and a fascination with violence. He watched the live streaming video of the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and read the attacker’s manifesto Brenton Tarrant, « said the ISD.
He also had Islamic State (IS) propaganda videos in Iraq and seen in Syria and came to the wrong conclusion that IS represents Islam and that Islam calls on its followers to kill infidels, said the ISD.
The ISD said it was clear from its attack plans and preparations, that these youth were influenced by Tarrant’s actions and manifesto.
Initially, he planned to carry out his attacks on the anniversary of the Christchurch attacks. He had cleared up and researched both mosques online in preparation for the attack.
He also planned to drive between the two attack sites such as Tarrant and devised a plan to get a vehicle for the attack, the ITS said Third, he bought a tactical vest from an online platform and intended to adorn the vest with right-wing symbols and modify it so that he could buckle up his mobile device to live stream the attack, just like Tarrant.
The youth had explored other options before choosing the machete as a weapon. His original plan was to use a rifle similar to Tarrant’s. He found a potential seller via a private chat platform, but did not track the purchase when he suspected it was a scam.
Even so, he persisted in his online search for firearms and only gave up the idea Realizing that it would be difficult to get your hands on one given Singapore’s strict gun laws, the ITS said. He also explored the manufacture of a triacetone triperoxide bomb and mimicked Tarrant’s plan to do that Setting mosques on fire with gasoline.
In preparation for the knife attack, the teenager had watched YouTube videos and was confident that he would be able to strike the arteries of his targets with random hits on the neck. and chest area.
At the time of his arrest by the ISD, the youth had found his machete on Carousell, which was listed for S $ 190 (RM 580) but had not yet bought it.
In more N / A Imitation of Tarrant, he had prepared documents that he wanted to circulate before his attacks – one as a message to the French people to stand against Muslims and one as a manifesto describing their hatred of Islam.
The manifesto, which was ongoing when the youth was arrested, said that « violence should never be solved with peace » because peace, although « moral », is « nowhere near effective » as violence.
It borrowed strongly supported Tarrant’s manifesto, calling it a « saint » and the attacks in Christchurch as a « justified killing of Muslims ».
« The detailed planning and preparation confirms the youth’s determination to implement his plan of attack, » said the ITS.
The 16-year-old admitted during the investigation that he could only foresee two outcomes for his plan – that he will be arrested before he can carry out the attacks, or that he will carry out the plan and afterwards by d he police is killed. – The Strait Times / ANN
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