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Illinois: Man, 19, arrested for plotting mass shooting at Hindu temple

A 19-year-old man, Alexandros Paporakis, was arrested in Palatine, Illinois, for plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple. Police found a rifle, body armor, and a manifesto with white supremacist ideologies. The plot was foiled by a tip-off.

Event date
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Coverage
3 outlets · 3 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Bangladesh, Slovenia, United States
English
Countries concerned
India, Slovenia, United States
Justice · intensity 1.0 · tone -1.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (67%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Global South.

Western 67%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 33%Global South 0%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

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  • Confirmed by 3 outlets in 3 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Global South.
  • Propagation: first reported by indiatoday.in (Slovenia), . 2 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world
Global South

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

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Event sources

  1. US teen arrested for plotting mass shooting at Hindu temple in Illinois
    indiatoday.inSISlovenia → SloveniaEnglish
  2. Illinois: Man, 19, arrested for plotting mass shooting at Hindu temple
    newsable.asianetnews.comBDBangladesh → IndiaEnglish
  3. US teen arrested for plotting mass shooting at Hindu temple in Illinois
    r/newsÉtats-UnisUnited States → United StatesEnglish