Survey gauges Singaporeans' response after a terror attack
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Police officers conduct a search after apprehending a masked gunman during Exercise Heartbeat at the National Library on Sept 25, 2018.
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Four in five respondents in a survey of about 2,000 Singaporeans felt there would be little or no backlash against them by people of other religions if their religion was implicated in a terror attack.
In findings published yesterday, Institute of Policy Studies researchers also found that one-third of Singaporeans would proactively express solidarity with those whose religion was implicated.
The study also found that an attack carried out by a foreign extremist Muslim group would trigger stronger negative reactions among Singaporeans, compared with if other religious groups had been behind it.
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