US EditionEssex Neo-Nazi Guilty of Terror Charge After MI5 Gun Sting
The 21-year-old compiled target lists and sought weapons in an MI5 sting, prosecutors said, as police warned of rising online radicalisation among children.
- On Thursday, 21-year-old neo-Nazi Alfie Coleman was found guilty of preparing terrorist acts at the Old Bailey following a retrial for planning a mass gun attack.
- MI5 conducted a 'highly sophisticated operation' that culminated on September 29, 2023, in a Morrisons car park in Stratford, London, where Coleman arranged to buy a Makarov pistol and around 200 rounds of ammunition from undercover agents.
- Prosecutors revealed Coleman idolized extremist mass killers Dylann Roof and Thomas Mair while penning a diary 'manifesto' identifying targets including the Lord Mayor of London and a mosque.
- Detective Chief Superintendent Helen Flanagan of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command called Coleman's case an 'acute' example of online radicalization, urging parents to initiate 'difficult conversations' about accessible 'horrific' material.
- Coleman remains in custody facing sentencing on July 8, while police report one in five counter-terrorism cases now involve children drawn into extremism through online radicalization.
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Neo-Nazi Alfie Coleman convicted of mass gun attack plot after MI5 sting
Alfie Coleman, 21, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of planning a mass gun attack after being snared by MI5 in an undercover sting — he had targeted a mosque and plotted to attack the home of the Mayor of London
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Hitler-loving extremist convicted of planning terror attack in UK
A British white supremacist was convicted of preparing acts of terrorism on Thursday after attempting to purchase a firearm and ammunition from undercover officers.Alfie Coleman, 21, paid £3,500 (about $4,730) for a pistol and roughly 200 rounds of ammunition before his arrest in September 2023. Prosecutors said Coleman admired Adolf Hitler as well as Thomas Mair, who murdered British lawmaker Jo Cox in 2016, according to Reuters.Authorities fou…
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