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Judge Orders Detention Without Bail for Neo-Nazi Plotter

By Drooid · Oct 16, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC · How we work

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Paporakis Arrested Plot

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, was arrested for an alleged mass-shooting plot at an Aurora Hindu temple.
Co-workers at his Taco Bell job reported threatening messages, prompting the tip that led to his arrest.
Police search of his Palatine home found an AR-style rifle, hundreds of rounds, body armor and Nazi-symbol items.
A manifesto titled “Why I fought” called him a sociopathic white-supremacist Neo-Nazi and urged violence against Indians, Jews, Black people.
Prosecutors charged him with a Class X terrorist-threat felony and unlawful weapon possession; a judge ordered detention without bail.

Summary

FBI Records Surge

The FBI recorded 234 anti-Sikh offenses in the 12 months to October, a 28% rise from prior year.
Centre for the Study of Organised Hate found hateful X posts about South Asian tripled from Jan 2024 to Jun 2026.
A Carnegie Endowment survey of 1,000 Indian Americans (Nov 2025-Jan 2026) found 25% faced verbal slurs since early 2025.
Stop AAPI Hate co-founder Manjusha Kulkarni said thwarted plot heightens fear among Hindu, Indian and South Asian communities.

History

Historical Context

On August 5 2012, white supremacist Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran, shot the Oak Creek Sikh gurdwara with a 9 mm Springfield XD(M) pistol, killing six worshippers and wounding Lt. Brian Murphy, who survived fifteen gunshots. The FBI treated the act as domestic terrorism, prompting vigils and hate-crime legislation proposals. The 2024 arrest of 19-year-old Alexandros Paporakis for a Hindu-temple plot reflects a continuing threat to South Asian religious sites.

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Paporakis Arrested Plot

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, was arrested for an alleged mass-shooting plot at an Aurora Hindu temple.
Co-workers at his Taco Bell job reported threatening messages, prompting the tip that led to his arrest.
Police search of his Palatine home found an AR-style rifle, hundreds of rounds, body armor and Nazi-symbol items.
A manifesto titled “Why I fought” called him a sociopathic white-supremacist Neo-Nazi and urged violence against Indians, Jews, Black people.
Prosecutors charged him with a Class X terrorist-threat felony and unlawful weapon possession; a judge ordered detention without bail.

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