File photo: Alexandros Paporakis, 19, has been charged over an alleged mass shooting plot that may have targeted a Hindu place of worship near Chicago A 19-year-old US man who allegedly told co-workers he “couldn’t wait to kill Indian people” was arrested over a suspected mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, near Chicago. Police say he had shared a racist manifesto and visited the temple on the day investigators believe he planned to attack.Alexandros Paporakis, a Taco Bell cashier from Palatine, Illinois, faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing a rifle with a barrel shorter than 16 inches. A judge ordered him detained before trial on Wednesday. His next court appearance is scheduled for October 30.According to prosecutors, Paporakis openly identified himself as a white supremacist at work and regularly made disparaging remarks about people of different races, including Indians. His colleagues told investigators that he discussed Nazis and violence and that his behaviour had intensified in the days before his arrest.On Saturday, he allegedly told a co-worker that he “couldn’t wait to kill Indian people” and spoke about a plan in...









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