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Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online
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Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois. Alexandros Paporakis drove to the temple armed with a rifle and body armor Sunday afternoon, officials said. But he left after his weapon jammed, they said.
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A 19-year-old man was ordered detained by a Cook County judge Wednesday, accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu place of worship in the Aurora area over the weekend, according to Palatine police.
A 19-year-old man is facing felony charges after police uncovered an alleged plan for a mass shooting that investigators believe may have targeted a Hindu place of worship in the Aurora area. Alleged mass shooting plot snuffed out by police Alexandros Paporakis was arrested Sunday after Palatine pol…
A 19-year-old Chicago-area man has been arrested and charged with making a terrorist threat in connection to an alleged mass shooting plot, officials said.
The Mount Prospect Police Department had received a tip from an individual who reported receiving "concerning electronic communications" from the suspect.
PALATINE, Ill. (AP) — 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.
A 19-year-old Illinois teen has been charged with making a terrorist threat over an alleged mass shooting plot that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship near Chicago, according to police. Investigators recovered a rifle, ammunition and a document expressing white supremacist views.
Alexandros Paporakis, a Taco Bell cashier from Palatine, Illinois, faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing weapons.
A tip from a coworker helped thwart an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in the western suburbs, authorities said Thursday, with law enforcement praising a “single, courageous individual” whose report led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Palatine man accused of planning the attack .
A teenager was arrested on charges that he planned a mass shooting targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois, after allegedly sharing a manifesto outlining plans for mass murder, according to police and prosecutors.
A 19-year-old man has been charged after an investigation into an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship, police said.
Suspect, 19, had shared a white supremacist manifesto and was potentially targeting Hindu place of worship, police say A man arrested in a Chicago suburb had shared a document expressing white supremacist views and outlined an alleged plan to carry out a mass shooting, potentially targeting a Hindu…
In a manifesto, Alexandros Paporakis identified as “a sociopathic white supremacist Neo Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day,” according to court records. Prosecutors say Paporakis, 19, spent two years planning a mass shooting and had been targeting a Hindu worship…
PALATINE, Illinois (WLS) — A 19-year-old Palatine man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say a co-worker reported statements in which he expressed hatred...
Several lawmakers have expressed shock and outrage about an alleged racially motivated 2-year plot to massacre people at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Ill., which led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Palatine, Ill. man.
A 19-year-old man tried to carry out a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois, on Sunday while Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi and his family were inside. Alexandros Paporakis, 19, was thwarted in his attempt to open fire on the Sri Venkateswara Swami Balaji Temple thanks …
Illinois authorities believe a 19-year-old man charged with planning a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in suburban Chicago entered the building’s parking lot on Sunday, hours before police arrested him near his home after receiving a tip about the alleged attack plan.
