SINGAPORE – A self-radicalised 18-year-old student was detained in December 2022, after he made plans to take part in armed violence in Singapore and abroad in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor had plans to stab and kill non-believers in dark alleys here, carry out a mass-casualty attack at the Amoy...
Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor had planned to demonstrate his support for ISIS by filming a video of himself taking the ba'iah wearing his NCC uniform, a self-made ISIS flag and headband, and carrying a toy rifle.SINGAPORE – A self-radicalised 18-year-old student was detained in December 2022, after he made plans to take part in armed violence in Singapore and abroad in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria .
ISD said on Wednesday that Irfan is believed to have acted alone and had not radicalised others. His family members were not aware of his attack plans or intention to take part in armed violence overseas. The tawhid hand sign, symbolising the Islamic theological concept of the oneness of God, has been appropriated by terrorist groups like ISIS.
By October 2022, he wanted to travel to Nigeria to participate in armed violence with the Islamic State in West Africa Province . Irfan said he was prepared to die fighting on the battlefield, believing that he would achieve martyrdom that way. Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam told the media during a press conference at Masjid Khalid in Joo Chiat Road on Wednesday: "At the point of arrest, he was determined to commit violence.
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