SINGAPORE, Sept. 9 -- Singapore has recorded its first case of a youth being self-radicalised by a mix of extremist ideologies, after a 14-year-old boy embraced elements of ISIS, Nazism and communism within a year.

The Internal Security Department (ISD) said the teen consumed online extremist materials and came to idolise figures such as Osama bin Laden, Adolf Hitler and North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il, The Straits Times reported today.

The ISD called the case unprecedented, noting the boy had simultaneously adopted far-right, far-left and jihadist narratives despite their contradictions.

Investigations showed he became exposed to extremist content in mid-2024 after stumbling upon foreign personalities online who mixed far-right ...