India, Oct. 16 -- Palatine police in the US have said that the 19-year-old suspect arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on a Hindu temple in Aurora had been planning the attack for two years, according to media reports.

On Sunday, Alexandros Paporakis allegedly told a co-worker at Taco Bell that he was at a temple but his gun had jammed and he was on his way to get it fixed, Fox59 reported.

Authorities said the co-worker called 911 and alerted police. Investigators also found video evidence showing Paporakis' car at the temple.

Police later tracked down the teenager and arrested him at the apartment where he lived with his mother.

"I think we were very fortunate that something much, much worse did not happen," Palatine Police Chi...