Illinois man charged over alleged mass shooting plot targeting Hindu worshippers
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A 19-year-old suburban Chicago man has been charged with making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing weapons after authorities said they disrupted a potential mass shooting targeting a Hindu place of worship in Aurora, Illinois.
Alexandros Paporakis of Palatine was arrested on October 11 after two co-workers alerted police about communications describing an alleged attack. Prosecutors said Paporakis had told colleagues he wanted to kill Indian people and indicated he was planning to target a Hindu temple. Police said the specific intended location has not been confirmed and remains under investigation.
According to prosecutors and court records cited by Chicago news outlets, Paporakis went to a temple in Aurora with an AR-style rifle and tried to fire, but the weapon jammed. He allegedly left, contacted a co-worker about the malfunction and said he intended to try again after repairing the rifle. Police arrested him as he left his home.
Investigators said a search recovered a rifle, loaded magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armor and tactical equipment. Authorities also found an eight-page document attributed to Paporakis that expressed white supremacist and neo-Nazi views and described violence against people of Indian descent, as well as Jewish and Black people. Some seized items displayed Nazi or other white supremacist imagery.
A judge ordered Paporakis held in custody before trial at an October 14 hearing. The accusations have not been tested in court, and his next court appearance is scheduled for October 30.
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