A 19-year-old suspect allegedly planned a mass shooting at the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora, Illinois. Police found a rifle without a serial number, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a tactical vest and a patch depicting Nazi symbolism at his home. Illinois authorities have disclosed fresh details about an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple near Chicago, saying a car registered to the 19-year-old suspect, Alexandros Paporakis, entered the temple’s parking lot hours before he was arrested, after a co-worker alerted police to his threats against Indian people. Paporakis, a resident of Palatine, Illinois, faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing a rifle. Investigators say they recovered an AR-style rifle, loaded magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, tactical equipment and an eight-page document expressing white supremacist views from his home
via indian express: ‘Kill Indian people’: Chilling details of US Hindu temple plot – 300 rounds, Nazi patch found at teen’s home
siehe auch: Hindu temple mass shooting thwarted after ‘sociopathic white supremacist’ teen’s gun jammed near Chicago. Police in a Chicago suburb announced Wednesday that they had thwarted a potential mass shooting, arresting a 19-year-old man who they said may have planned to target a Hindu place of worship. Alexandros Paporakis, a Taco Bell cashier from Palatine, Illinois, faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing weapons. Investigators believe he planned to target the largest Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois, but the exact intended location remains under investigation. It was not immediately clear if Paporakis has legal representation. The defendant’s co-workers told police they had received concerning digital communications from Paporakis, including a document outlining an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting and photos of tactical gear. They said Paporakis openly identified as a white supremacist at work and told them he couldn’t wait to kill Indian people, according to prosecutors from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. (…) Prosecutors allege Paporakis sent the coworker an eight-page document titled, “Why I fought: A.K.A. (Aurora Shooter’s Manifesto),” which described Indian, Jewish and African American people as “subhumans” and outlined a plot to kill as many of them as possible, according to a court document obtained by The Associated Press. In a search of his home, detectives recovered an AR style rifle without a serial number, loaded magazines and ammunition, a gas canister labeled with a slur aimed at South Asians, and a several items depicting Nazi symbolism, police and prosecutors said.
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