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Police say Chicago suburb suspect in alleged mass shooting plot had white supremacy manifesto
Police say the 19-year-old suspect had a manifesto, rifle and ammunition, and investigators believe he planned to target Indian Americans.
- On Sunday, police in Palatine, Illinois, arrested 19-year-old Alexandros Paporakis for allegedly planning a mass shooting targeting a Hindu place of worship in Aurora, about 30 km west of Chicago.
- Investigators recovered a document titled "Why I Fought: A.K.A.: " expressing white supremacist ideologies with references to violence against individuals of Indian descent, police said.
- A concerned co-worker alerted authorities after Paporakis shared images of tactical equipment; police subsequently seized an AR-style rifle, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a tactical vest with white supremacist imagery.
- Paporakis appeared for a detention hearing on Wednesday where a judge ordered him held on charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawful possession of weapons. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi stated he was "horrified that a white supremacist allegedly attempted to massacre Indian Americans."
- The Indian American Advocacy Council urged the FBI and Department of Justice to intensify scrutiny of online hate influencers, warning that online hate against South Asians has surged 240% between January 2024 and June 2026.
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Police say Chicago suburb suspect in alleged mass shooting plot had white supremacy manifesto
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 place of worship, police said on Wednesday.
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