Singapore s Maghain Aboth Synagogue (Gaurav via Wikipedia)
A radicalized Singaporean Muslim soldier has been arrested for planning a deadly stabbing spree against Jews, officials said Wednesday.
Such cases are rare in multi-ethnic Singapore, where different religious and ethnic groups generally live peacefully side by side.
Amirull Ali, 20, planned to ambush and kill at least three Jewish men as they left a synagogue after prayers, security officials said. Israel’s Channel 12 specified that he intended to target the Maghain Aboth Synagogue.
He became radicalized after researching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict online and planned to travel to Gaza in the Palestinian territories to join Islamic terror group Hamas’s military wing, they said.
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Suspect detained over planned attack on Singapore synagogue
Self-radicalized ex-soldier Amirull Ali accused of plotting to carry out a knife attack and kill three Jews he suspected were former members of IDF; also intended to travel to Gaza to join Hamas military wing
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Amirull Ali, a 20-year-old former soldier who was arrested in February during his military service, is suspected to have planned to carry out a knife attack during a service at the Maghain Aboth synagogue in the city s Waterloo Street.
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Police said that Ali was planning to kill three Jews he suspected were former IDF soldiers.