Singapore detains 3 ‘self-radicalised’ teens over planned attacks

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Singapore authorities have detained three teenagers suspected of planning shootings, stabbings, and bomb attacks, citing concerns over youth radicalization from online sources. The detainees are held under the Internal Security Act, allowing for detention without trial.

Singapore authorities said on Monday they had arrested three teenagers over separate plots to carry out shooting, stabbing and bomb attacks, warning of the threat of “youth radicalisation” in the security-conscious city state. The three boys, detained between April and June, had been “self-radicalised” online, adopting violent extremist ideologies, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said. They are held under the Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial. One of them, a...