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Singapore police have arrested a 15-year-old over a bomb threat at a local school last week. The incident highlights growing concerns about security threats in educational institutions across the region.
A 23-year-old Myanmar national and Singapore permanent resident faces terrorism financing charges after transferring RM295 to support alleged militant activities in Gaza, becoming radicalised through online extremist content.
Singapore has arrested three teenagers over separate plots involving firearms, bladed weapons and explosives. Authorities warn of escalating youth radicalisation risks in the security-conscious city-state.
Singapore authorities have detained three teenagers under the Internal Security Act for self-radicalisation to violent extremist ideologies. One 14-year-old drafted a 21-page manifesto planning a mass stabbing at his school; another, 19, plotted knife attacks on military personnel and LGBTQ students; a third, 15, sought to build pressure-cooker bombs.
Singapore has revoked the work permits of two Bangladeshi nationals and sent them back to Bangladesh after they posted extremist content on social media. The Internal Security Department found no terror plot but deemed their views incompatible with Singapore's multicultural society.
Singapore authorities have arrested a 40-year-old man suspected of making anonymous bomb threats against Parliament House and the Home Team Science and Technology Agency office, as part of ongoing investigations into the security incidents.