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Separately, in early 2025, Cyrus became immersed in violent incel ideology after coming across online content on school shooter Elliot Rodger, who was behind the Isla Vista killings in California on May 23, 2014.<\/p>\n
Rodger’s attacks, which are widely praised in the incel community, were said to stem from resentment over his bullying, social isolation and rejection by women, said ISD.<\/p>\n
Cyrus became intrigued by Rodger’s incel inclinations. After browsing online incel forums, he identified as one.<\/p>\n
According to ISD, Cyrus was unhappy about his inability to pursue romantic relationships and subscribed to incel beliefs, such as “looksmaxxing”. This incel subculture offers solutions for improving one\u2019s physical appearance.<\/p>\n
He also subscribed to the “black pill” theory, which posits that some men are doomed to fail in romantic pursuits and will never find a partner.<\/p>\n
He made online posts threatening to kill or rape women, using derogatory incel terminology such as \u201cfoid\u201d, short for female humanoid, to refer to women.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old also became supportive of Rodger and other school shooters through consuming true crime content, a genre of media that focuses on real-life criminal cases, often involving violent or sensational offences like assault and serial killings.<\/p>\n
He had fantasised about committing violence against certain groups of people in school, including LGBTQ individuals and couples in relationships. ISD said these thoughts did not progress beyond ideation and that he had not shared his extremist views or violent ideations with his family or schoolmates.<\/p>\n
“While Cyrus did not take preparatory steps to execute his violent ideations, his support for terrorist and extremist groups, and his online postings inciting violence against others, are of security concern,” said ISD.<\/p>\n
As such, he has been placed on a restriction order for ISD to monitor him and put him through a rehabilitation regime to address his radical beliefs.<\/p>\n
Those on restriction orders cannot travel out of Singapore or change addresses without approval. They also cannot access the internet or social media, issue public statements, address public meetings or print, and distribute or contribute to any publication without approval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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