US temple attack plot: Teen’s alleged manifesto describes Indians as ‘subhumans’

Inside alleged plot against Hindu temple TOI correspondent from Washington: A malfunctioning rifle stood between a 19-year old white supremacist and his alleged intention to massacre Indians at a temple near Chicago. Alexandros Paporakis’s plan reportedly came unstuck when his gun got jammed and he contacted a co-worker to say he had escaped “super-fast” and was trying to figure out how to fix the issue so he could carry out the attack later.He subsequently shared electronic messages showing an AR-style rifle failing to fire, along with a photograph of himself wearing a tactical vest.The communications alarmed two colleagues, who then contacted 911. Police from Palatine and neighbouring Mount Prospect coordinated their response and arrested Paporakis as he was leaving his home that afternoon.Local TV footage showed a young man being handcuffed by the police in a parking lot and being taken away. A subsequent search of his residence uncovered an AR-style rifle without a serial number, loaded magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armour and items bearing Nazi or white-supremacist imagery.Investigators also recovered a gas canister labelled with a racial slur directed at S...