15-year-old boy arrested for planning terrorist attack in Singapore Bloomberg.
A 15-year-old student has been detained in Singapore, the youngest person to be detained under the Homeland Security Act for terrorism-related activities. Another 16-year-old boy’s freedom of movement was restricted by the same law.
The suspect was arrested in November 2022.
According to Singapore officials, he was planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the country. It is also alleged that he “intends to establish an Islamic caliphate by force”.
The publication reports that teenagers have been arrested for terrorism-related activities around the world. It is known that extremist groups aim to radicalize youth by using online gaming platforms and social networks.
The Singapore Homeland Security Act allows for prolonged preventive detention without a court order.
Both youths involved in the case are known to have been in contact with local student Mohammed Irfan Danyal, who was arrested in December on suspicion of planning to establish an Islamic caliphate in the city-state. All radicalized individually.
The detained 15-year-old student reportedly dreamed of blowing himself up and allegedly considered beheading non-Muslims at popular tourist spots in Singapore. The 16-year-old joined several extremist-themed servers on the Roblox gaming platform and watched far-right content online, including YouTube videos.
Previously reportedHe said that Russian youth accused of terrorism were convicted. The Kansk military court sentenced one of the Kansk schoolchildren who planned to “blow up” the FSB building in Minecraft to five years in prison.