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US teenager charged over Hindu temple shooting plot
A 19-year-old from Illinois appeared in court after police said they found a manifesto detailing plans to attack a Hindu temple near Chicago.
In brief
A 19-year-old from Illinois appeared in court after police said they found a manifesto detailing plans to attack a Hindu temple near Chicago. Alexandros Paporakis, nineteen, was charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawful weapon possession after colleagues reported messages about a gun jamming at a Hindu…
Teenager charged after temple threat
Alexandros Paporakis, nineteen, from Palatine, Illinois, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawful weapon possession.
Police found manifesto and weapons
Officers recovered a rifle, loaded magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and body armour from Paporakis' home. They also found a manifesto identifying him as a white supremacist.
Colleagues reported gun and messages
Two coworkers from Taco Bell called police on Sunday after Paporakis told a colleague his gun jammed and sent messages showing an AR-style rifle and photos in tactical vest.
Manifesto detailed mass shooting plans
Palatine Police Chief William Nord said the manifesto stated extremist ideologies and talked about violence, mass killings and carrying out a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora.
“he did state some extremist ideologies and talked about violence, he talked about mass killings and how he wanted to carry out this mass shooting”
At a glance
Alexandros Paporakis, nineteen, was charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawful weapon possession after colleagues reported messages about a gun jamming at a Hindu temple in Aurora.
