16-year-old detained under ISA for planning terrorist attacks at two mosques in Singapore
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A 16-YEAR-OLD male Singaporean student has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for planning to attack two mosques and kill worshippers in Singapore on March 15 this year - the second anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks.
A Protestant Christian of Indian ethnicity, he is the first detainee to be inspired by far-right extremist ideology, and the youngest person detained under the ISA for terrorismrelated activities to date, said the Internal Security Department (ISD) on Wednesday.
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