The men were detained under Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial. (File)
Singapore:
Singapore said today it had detained two men under its tough internal security law after discovering they intended to travel to Syria to fight for the ISIS group.
Rosli bin Hamzah, 50, and Mohamed Omar bin Mahadi, 33, are being held under the Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.
Rosli, who worked as a car washer, "became convinced that ISIS terrorists were fighting for Islam and that their beheading of 'enemies' was religiously permissible," the ministry said, referring to the ISIS group by another name.
He "was keen to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS," the statement said, adding that he had researched how to travel to the war torn country.
Omar, a waste truck driver, had made preparations with his wife and children to travel to Syria to join the ISIS group, the statement said.
"He was prepared to die a martyr," it added.
Singaporean officials have repeatedly warned that the city-state -- a key US ally in the region -- is a prime target for ISIS terrorists.
Earlier this month, Indonesian police arrested six suspected terrorists over a plot to launch a rocket attack on an up-market Singapore waterfront district from the nearby Indonesian island of Batam.
The alleged leader of the group is accused of planning the attack with a leading Indonesian terrorists, who is believed to be fighting with the ISIS group in Syria.
Singapore said in July that it had detained a 44-year-old Australia-based Singaporean who allegedly glorified ISIS and backed the establishment of a caliphate in the city-state.
Rosli bin Hamzah, 50, and Mohamed Omar bin Mahadi, 33, are being held under the Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.
Rosli, who worked as a car washer, "became convinced that ISIS terrorists were fighting for Islam and that their beheading of 'enemies' was religiously permissible," the ministry said, referring to the ISIS group by another name.
He "was keen to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS," the statement said, adding that he had researched how to travel to the war torn country.
Omar, a waste truck driver, had made preparations with his wife and children to travel to Syria to join the ISIS group, the statement said.
"He was prepared to die a martyr," it added.
Singaporean officials have repeatedly warned that the city-state -- a key US ally in the region -- is a prime target for ISIS terrorists.
Earlier this month, Indonesian police arrested six suspected terrorists over a plot to launch a rocket attack on an up-market Singapore waterfront district from the nearby Indonesian island of Batam.
The alleged leader of the group is accused of planning the attack with a leading Indonesian terrorists, who is believed to be fighting with the ISIS group in Syria.
Singapore said in July that it had detained a 44-year-old Australia-based Singaporean who allegedly glorified ISIS and backed the establishment of a caliphate in the city-state.
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