Singapore has detained a full-time national serviceman (NSF) for planning to carry out a knife attack against Jews at a local synagogue, according to a media report on Wednesday.
Singaporean Amirull Ali, 20, had also made plans to travel to Gaza, Palestine, to join the military wing of Hamas in its fight against Israel, the Internal Security Department (ISD) said in a news release, Channel News Asia reported.
Amirull was self-radicalised with a deep hatred for Israel after being convinced that Palestinians were being oppressed in the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ISD said.
He was arrested on February 5 while he was an NSF, compulsory military service for young Singaporeans in the Singapore Armed Forces.
A detention order under the Internal Security Act (ISA) was issued against him on March 5.
This is the second reported case this year involving a young person held under the ISA.
In January, it was revealed that a 16-year-old student had been detained for planning to attack two mosques in Woodlands in northern Singapore.