A Bangladeshi man allegedly plotting attacks against Hindus in his homeland and was planning to fight in Kashmir has been taken into custody by Singapore's security agencies, as per a PTI report.??
Ahmed Faysal is 26 and he has been held under the Internal Security Act after being investigated for "terrorism-related activities", according to the ministry.?
The young man had foldable knives, which he said were for attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh, the ministry said. He also wanted to go to Kashmir to fight against "perceived enemies of Islam".?
Investigation shows that Faysal was radicalised and wanted to "undertake armed violence in support of his religion", as reported by the Channel News Asia reported, based on the statement of the Ministry of Home Affairs.?
Faysal is a construction worker and has been working in Singapore since 2017. He became radicalised in 2018 after "imbibing online propaganda on ISIS", the statement said. He was taken into custody on November 2.?
"He was attracted to ISIS'' goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate in Syria and wanted to travel there to fight alongside ISIS against the Syrian government. He believed that he would be a martyr if he died while doing so," the statement added.?
"He donated funds to a Syria-based organisation on the understanding that his donations would benefit the HTS'' cause in Syria," the ministry went on to say.?
"Faysal also actively shared propaganda promoting armed violence on social media accounts created under fictitious names."?
Faysal is also a supporter of Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab.