SINGAPORE: Christian and Muslim leaders have condemned the plan of a young Singaporean man to carry out an attack on two city mosques.
Last night, Singapore authorities reported that a 16-year-old Protestant man, an ethnic Indian, was taken into custody in December under the Internal Security Act. According to the police, he planned to attack Muslims with machetes in two mosques in the Woodlands area.
The attack was set for 15 March, exactly two years after a right-wing extremist, Brenton Tarrant, shot and killed 51 Muslims in a mosque and an Islamic centre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
For investigators, the aspiring Singapore terrorist has radicalised himself on the web, inspired by Tarrant.