Update, June 8, 2020, 11:45pm: An arrest has been made.
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Temasek Polytechnic is investigating one of its design students after a series of violently racist, homophobic, and misogynistic postings on social media.
The postings were sent by a number of Mothership readers.
Two of the student's recent Instagram Stories was about a "dream" where he gunned down Muslims and others.
In addition the graphic details, he also added how it felt "f*cking great" to gun down anyone who was "non-Chinese-looking".
You can view his Story below, as re-posted by another user.
The re-poster said that they will be writing into the school.
Warning: Graphic description ahead.
Screenshot via Mothership reader
Screenshot via Mothership reader
The student had also expressed a number of other disturbing views, including blaming an alleged sexual assault victim for not being able to "take it."
He then shamed the victim with derogatory terms.
In another Instagram Story, the student said that he would set a studio ablaze, taking the entire design school's block with it.
Screenshot via Twitter
Some of his other views were posted to the internet as early as 2017, according to a Mothership reader.
The student's name is currently being "trended" on Twitter, with many asking for consequences for the offender.
An email template for reporting the student's posts to Temasek Polytechnic is also available on the platform.
Temasek Polytechnic responds
The school has released a statement on its Twitter on June 8, 1:04am.
They assured everyone that the school is aware of the incident, and "takes a very serious view" of the offensive comments.
The student has also deleted his posts.
The polytechnic said that they are currently investigating the incident and will not hesitate to mete out the necessary disciplinary action.
Update:
Top image via Mothership readers and Megumi Nakazawa on Google Maps