JUST IN: 2 radicalised Singaporeans detained under Internal Security Act over intention to join Islamic State in Syria
SINGAPORE: Two Singaporeans have been detained under the Internal Security Act for intending to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Thursday .In two separate cases, Singaporeans Kuthubdeen Haja Najumudeen and Suderman bin Samikin were detained under the Internal Security Act in May and July 2019 respectively.
In 2013, Haja developed an interest in ISIS when he came across news of the terrorist group online. He supported ISIS’s so-called caliphate and its violent cause. He also searched online for video-clips of ISIS-linked atrocities and terrorist attacks, including ISIS’s beheading videos, and recordings of the terrorist attacks in Paris, France in November 2015.
In April 2014, Suderman joined a pro-ISIS Facebook group that was reportedly created by an ISIS fighter based in Syria. He actively sought advice on how to join ISIS and was directed to online sources where he learnt about travel routes to Syria. He also became acquainted with foreign pro-ISIS elements through the Facebook group. He was prepared to help when two of them wanted to visit Singapore to purchase tactical apparel for their participation in the armed conflict in Syria.
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