Commentary: Has Singapore reached a 'when, not if' moment for school attacks?
Singapore should prepare seriously for the possibility of a school attack, but that does not require turning schools into fortresses, says Kenneth Yeo from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
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SINGAPORE: It’s been drilled into us: A terror attack on Singapore is a matter of “when, not if”.
The disclosure on Jul 27 that three youths had been detained under the Internal Security Act for planning attacks in Singapore brought to light one particularly chilling case: A 14-year-old Secondary Two student was arrested in May, weeks before he intended to carry out a mass-casualty stabbing at his school during the June school holidays.
He had reportedly been influenced by Composite Violent Extremism (CoVE): a mixture of Islamic State propaganda, far-right extremism and fascination with mass shootings.
The teen had prepared a 21-page manifesto detailing his attack plan and identified teachers and students as targets.
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