Hindu Temple Mass Shooting Plot
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- The Associated PressToronto Star
- Ap CorrespondentThe Independent
- Al Jazeera StaffAl Jazeera
- Poulomi GhoshTimes of India
- Jon HaworthABC News (US)
- Jessie DiMartinoABC News (US)
- Cristina CorujoABC News (US)
- ReutersThe Guardian
- Chidanand RajghattaTimes of India
- Landon MionFox News
- Prisha PatnaikTimes of India
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Hindu Temple Mass Shooting Plot. (2026, October 16). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/81153
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Police said Paporakis is facing felony charges of “making a terrorist threat” and possessing an unlawful weapon.
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Detectives searched Paporakis’s home and recovered a rifle, multiple loaded rifle magazines and hundreds of additional rounds of rifle ammunition.
Alexandros Paporakis of Palatine was arrested on October 11 following an investigation into an alleged mass shooting plot.
Among the recovered items was a tactical vest containing body armour and a patch displaying imagery associated with white supremacist extremism.
Subsequently, Aurora Police coordinated outreach to Hindu places of worship under their jurisdiction and made them aware of the plot to attack them.
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U.S. lawmakers express outrage over foiled plot to attack Hindu temple in Illinois
How it changed
- 15 Oct
Police said Paporakis is facing felony charges of “making a terrorist threat” and possessing an unlawful weapon.
- 16 Oct
Police also found what they described as an eight-page manifesto, which authorities said detailed the alleged attack and Paporakis' white supremacist views.
Coverage 12 articles
16 Oct Car registered to teen who planned mass shooting at Auora was at the parking lot of Hindu temple; Balaji temple issues statement
Times of India
16 Oct Trans teen accused of Hindu temple attack plot to receive hormone shots in jail
Times of India
16 Oct U.S. lawmakers express outrage over foiled plot to attack Hindu temple in Illinois
The Hindu
16 Oct Trans neo-Nazi accused of plotting Hindu temple massacre, will receive hormone treatment in jail: officials
Fox News
15 Oct US temple attack plot: Teen’s alleged manifesto describes Indians as ‘subhumans’
Times of India
15 Oct Illinois man arrested over alleged plot to carry out mass shooting, police say
The Guardian
15 Oct Man charged in alleged plot potentially targeting Hindu place of worship in Illinois
ABC News (US)- 15 Oct Who is Alexandros Paporakis who plotted alleged mass shooting at Hindu temple in Aurora? What his manifesto targeting Indians revealed
Times of India 
15 Oct Police arrest US teen in alleged Illinois Hindu temple mass shooting plot
Al Jazeera15 Oct White supremacist’s attempted mass shooting at Hindu temple in Chicago thwarted after gun jams
The Independent
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