Singapore foils teen terror plot weeks before planned attack in public housing area

A 17-year-old self-radicalised Singaporean was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) mere weeks before his plan to carry out a terror attack in the Housing Board heartlands.

The student, described in a Friday press release by the Internal Security Department (ISD) as a “staunch” Islamic State supporter, wanted to use either a kitchen knife or a pair of scissors from his home as his weapon.

Since 2020, ISD has detained five self-radicalised youths who wanted to carry out attacks in Singapore using such easily accessible weapons. Such attacks require little time and preparation to execute, said the department.

In this particular case, the youth was determined to follow through with his plan and was less than a month away from executing it at the time of his arrest in August, it added.

Read more: South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)