Hindu Temple Mass Shooting Plot Foiled In Aurora, Illinois; Suspect's White Supremacist Manifesto Surfaces
\n\nA 19-year-old man has been arrested and ordered detained after authorities uncovered an alleged mass shooting plot that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship in Aurora, Illinois. Alexandros Paporakis, of Palatine, allegedly expressed white supremacist ideologies and discussed violence against people of Indian descent, according to investigators.
\n\nPaporakis was arrested on Sunday, October 11, and charged with making a terrorist threat, a Class X felony, and unlawfully possessing a rifle with a barrel shorter than 16 inches. A Cook County judge ordered him detained on Wednesday, October 14, at the Rolling Meadows courthouse. His next court appearance is scheduled for October 30.
\n\nAccording to Palatine Police Chief William Nord, police were alerted to a potential mass shooting plot shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday after Mount Prospect police received information from someone who reported concerning electronic communications from Paporakis.
\n\nInvestigators said Paporakis had shared a document outlining an alleged mass shooting plan, along with images of a rifle, magazines, body armor and tactical equipment.
\n\nAccording to prosecutors, Paporakis worked as a cashier at a Taco Bell in Arlington Heights. A co-worker told investigators that he…
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