‘Couldn’t wait to kill Indians’: US teen’s manifesto reveals Hindu temple attack plot
A 19-year-old Illinois man was arrested for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple. Prosecutors state he identified as a white supremacist and had been planning the attack for two years.
Why it matters
The case highlights the ongoing threat of domestic terrorism and hate crimes targeting specific religious and ethnic communities.
A 19-year-old US man who allegedly told co-workers he “couldn’t wait to kill Indian people” was arrested over a suspected mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, near Chicago. Police say he had shared a racist manifesto and visited the temple on the day investigators believe he planned to attack.Alexandros Paporakis, a Taco Bell cashier from Palatine, Illinois, faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing a rifle with a barrel shorter than 16 inches. A judge ordered him detained before trial on Wednesday. His next court appearance is scheduled for October 30.According to prosecutors, Paporakis openly identified himself as a white supremacist at work and regularly made disparaging remarks about people of different races, including Indians.
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