Chilling details emerge of mass shooting plot targeting US Hindu temple
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Authorities say a 19-year-old told co-workers his rifle jammed at suburban Chicago site and that he ‘couldn’t wait to kill Indian people’
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Associated Press Published: 12:00pm, 16 Oct 2026 Updated: 12:08pm, 16 Oct 2026
Illinois authorities believe a 19-year-old man charged with planning a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in suburban Chicago entered the building’s car park on Sunday, hours before police arrested him near his home after receiving a tip about the alleged attack plan.
Authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested Alexandros Paporakis and provided the additional detail about his suspected movement during a news conference Thursday. The leaders of Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in a statement said a security threat had “targeted our Temple” and announced an increased security presence.
Palatine Police Chief William Nord said a red Acura RDX registered to Paporakis entered a temple car park on Sunday around 12.25pm and left less than 15 minutes later. He was seen alone inside the car around 2pm near his home in another suburb.
Paporakis faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing a rifle. Prosecutors have said his co-workers at a Taco Bell location called 911 after Paporakis told them he “couldn’t wait to kill Indian people” and said Sunday would be the “special day”.
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