Singapore: 18-year-old student plans terrorist attack | ASEAN

Subject Muhammad Irfan Danyal bin Mohamad Nor. (Source: mothership.sg)

On February 1, officials Singapore security The country said it had arrested an 18-year-old male subject on charges of aiding a terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) self-proclaimed and planned attacks.

According to the above source, the subject’s name is Muhammad Irfan Danyal bin Mohamad Nor, Singaporean studentwas arrested in December 2022 under the country’s security law, which allows detention without trial for up to two years.

This subject became radicalized after viewing IS propaganda online.

[Singapore bắt giữ một đối tượng âm mưu tấn công đền thờ Hồi giáo]

Authorities in Singapore said the suspect also wanted to use social media to entice more people to carry out attacks in the country.

The subject’s plan is to recruit a person suicide bombing to attack army barracks as well as bomb some other locations.

Singapore’s Minister of Home Affairs and Ministry of Law K. Shanmugam said that at the time of arrest, the subject was violent.

In a multicultural and multiracial country like Singapore, it is said that there are few people like Muhammad Irfan Danyal bin Mohamad Nor.

In 2020, the authorities in the country arrested a 16-year-old man who planned to attack two mosques in Singapore.

A year later, a 20-year-old Singaporean Muslim was also arrested on charges of planning an attack on Jews.

Tran Quyen (VNA/Vietnam+)

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