Two teenagers in San Diego appeared to have been inspired by leaders and figureheads associated with the now defunct Atomwaffen Division.

Alina Burns, 19, who had said she wanted to ‘kill all Jews and Muslims’, attacked barber outside his shop A neo-Nazi obsessed teenager who tried to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe because they wanted to “kill all Jews and Muslims” has been jailed for more than 15 years. Alina Burns, 19, attacked Mohammed Mahmoodi, 27, with the weapon as he stood outside his shop in Bedminster, Bristol, in August last year. Bristol Crown court heard she had been motivated by neo-Nazi extremism and had been in contact with far-right groups. Burns had told a man on a dating app to “kill all Jews and Muslims” and had searched for information online about jihad, the 2024 Southport stabbings, Jewish supremacy and Nazi Germany. Serena Gates KC, prosecuting, told the court: “The prosecution case is that the defendant had an extreme right-wing mindset and wanted Jews and Muslims to be killed and non-whites to flee or be expelled from the UK. “The day before the attack the defendant was watching videos of SS marches and sent an email called ‘The dawn of civil war’.” At a previous hearing, Burns, of Lynton Road, Bristol, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and three charges of having an article with a blade or point – specifically an axe, a scalpel and two darts. She had denied a charge of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts, contrary to the Terrorism Act. The Crown argued that despite accepting the pleas, there remained a terrorist motivation to the attack, which was accepted by the judge, Mrs Justice Lambert. Passing sentence, the judge said: “I have no doubt that you are a dangerous offender and you remain deeply entrenched in your abnormal belief system. “You communicated with a man on an online dating app which at one stage you expressed the desire to kill all the Jews and Muslims in Britain, and also carry out a plan where you wished to take all the glory for carrying this out. “There were Telegram chats with the Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group.” The judge imposed a custodial sentence of 15-and-a-half years and an additional four-year period on licence. Andrew Langdon KC, defending, said Burns had experienced a difficult childhood due to her family being made homeless and living in a series of temporary accommodation. Langdon said that despite both of Burns’s parents being teachers, the teenager had stopped attending full-time education at 14. Continue reading...