17-year-old ISIS supporter held for planned attack on non-Muslims in Singapore

Singapore has detained a 17-year-old youth under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after he plotted to attack non-Muslim males in a public housing estate, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Friday. The self-radicalised teen, who was influenced by extremist propaganda from the Islamic State (ISIS), was arrested in August, just weeks before his intended attack. He had planned to use household items, such as a kitchen knife or scissors, as weapons, according to the ISD’s press release.