"Alfie Coleman, a former supermarket worker, compiled a hate-list of colleagues and customers, writing a manifesto that identified potential targets, including the lord mayor of London and a mosque."
"DCS Helen Flanagan warned parents to be vigilant, stating that horrific terrorist manifestos and extreme material are just one click away, leading to younger individuals getting radicalized online."
"One in five people dealt with in counter-terrorism is a child, with police seeing more referrals to the Prevent program at a younger age, raising concerns about online influences."
A young neo-Nazi, Alfie Coleman, was convicted of planning a mass gun attack after being caught in an MI5 sting. He compiled a hate-list and wrote a manifesto identifying potential targets. Coleman began seeking extreme rightwing material online at age 14. DCS Helen Flanagan warned that young individuals are being radicalized through easily accessible online content. Police are seeing more referrals to the Prevent program at younger ages, indicating a growing concern about online influences leading to terrorism among youth.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]