Jammed Rifle, Taco Bell Co-Worker: How US Teen’s Hindu Temple Attack Plot Was Foiled| The Hard Facts

Oct 15, 2026

A rifle that would not fire, a hurried escape and a message to a co-worker. These were the details that helped US police unravel an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Illinois, after a 19-year-old Taco Bell employee reportedly revealed that his weapon had jammed.Alexandros Paporakis, a resident of Palatine, Illinois, allegedly drove to a Hindu temple in Aurora on October 11 with an AR-style rifle, ammunition and tactical equipment, intending to carry out what prosecutors described as a mass shooting of “Indian people". However, the weapon allegedly malfunctioned, forcing him to flee, according to court records and media reports. n18oc_the-hard-factsn18oc_Worldn18oc_indiaNews18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube

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