‘This was a very close shave,' says Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam.
The teenager planned to stab people at an open area near Tampines West Community Centre using scissors or a kitchen knife.
In a press release on Oct 18, the Internal Security Department said he was issued a two-year order of detention in September.The teen had also planned to travel to Syria to fight, said ISD. He had contacted an online foreign contact for travel advice and researched flight routes. Speaking to the media at the site of the planned attack, Mr Shanmugam said thousands of people walk through the area daily, and it would have been more crowded during the school holidays.
He said the youth was detained because of the extent of radicalisation and how close he was to carrying out his plans. “Look at the kind of people who are around. Kids are playing, senior citizens are resting. They are easy targets for such an attacker.”Self-radicalisation a key threat to S’pore: 7 takeaways from ISD report
The youth was against national service , as he did not wish to serve a secular or infidel government.
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