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South Korean soldier converts to Islam, tries to join ISIS, buys machete and plots jihad massacre

Jul 7, 2019 2:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Yet again a convert to Islam gets the idea that his new, peaceful religion commands him to commit treason and mass murder. Yet nowhere in the world are any officials moved to study this phenomenon and try to devise ways to counter it.

“South Korean man sought to join ISIS, planned terror attack while in army,” Straits Times, July 6, 2019:

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A 23-year-old South Korean man is under investigation for allegedly seeking to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, and preparing for a terrorist attack while he was serving in the army.

It marks South Korea’s first case of a “lone wolf” terrorist act being planned.

The man surnamed Park, 23, was found to have stolen an ignition device for explosives while being trained at an army engineer school after joining an infantry unit near Seoul in October 2017, broadcaster KBS reported.

He allegedly propagated and instigated ISIS terrorist activities by collecting videos and materials of the group’s acts and uploading them on the Internet from 2016 until recently.

A video showing how to make live ammunition was found on Park’s mobile phone, and a machete, or a broad blade that looks similar to the weapon often used by terrorists, which he bought online was found at his home.

A joint team of investigators from the military and police also reportedly found that Park installed a secret app used by ISIS members and supporters on his mobile phone, and received an e-mail from a person believed to be an ISIS member on how to join the terrorist group….

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  1. WPM says

    Jul 7, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    He wanted to kill other Koreans what are the western SJW screaming about you are a Nazi racist if you do not support the” religion of peace” and importing supporting members of the faith of Islam with no criticism of Islam allowed by members outside that faith we cannot publicly talk about it .When was the last time a Korean became an atheist , a converted Roman Catholic , a converted Baptist ,Methodist or a Jew(I do not think I have heard of any but you get the point) and plan to murder other Koreans as because his faith told him to do it in their scriptures and Holy books? Why is there so few Terror attacks in South Korea could it be the lack of Moslems??

  2. Hugh Fitzgerald says

    Jul 7, 2019 at 4:10 pm

    One of the consequences of having Turkish soldiers engaged in the Korean War is that they left behind, in South Korea, those they had converted to Islam.

  3. Angemon says

    Jul 7, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    The man surnamed Park,

    I doubt that’s still what he calls himself…

  4. gravenimage says

    Jul 7, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    South Korean soldier converts to Islam, tries to join ISIS, buys machete and plots jihad massacre
    ………………….

    Gee–why do we keep hearing about this from new Muslim converts, from all over the world? Might it be…Islam?

  5. Bikinis not Burkas says

    Jul 8, 2019 at 4:18 am

    Criminalize the Murderous Ideology of Islam
    Problem solved partially .

  6. balafama says

    Jul 8, 2019 at 10:16 am

    i sadly welcome south korea to the club of islamic terrorism prone countries .

  7. Larry says

    Jul 8, 2019 at 11:25 am

    South Korea, I’m SHOCKED! I was stationed there four times. This unbelievable! Korea, at least to my knowledge DOES NOT have a significant amount of muslims in their country. So how did this happen? Internet??? I’m pleased he was caught!

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