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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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RARE PHOTOS: Neo nazi who planned mass gun attack convicted after mi5 undercover sting | Rare Historical Photos

Police mugshot of Alfie Coleman
Alfie Coleman, 21, began trawling the internet for extreme rightwing material from the age of 14. Photograph: Met Police/Shutterstock

More and more young people are being drawn into the world of violent extremism, a senior police officer has warned after a young neo-Nazi caught in an undercover MI5 sting was convicted of planning a mass gun attack.

Alfie Coleman, a former supermarket worker from Great Notley in Essex, compiled a hate-list of colleagues and customers he branded with racial slurs or as “race traitors”. He wrote a “manifesto” in a diary and identified potential targets, including the “lord mayor of London” and a mosque.

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