A teenager who ‘idolised’ the killers behind the Columbine High School massacre and wanted to carry out a mass shooting at his own school has been locked up for six years. Felix Winter was said to be obsessed with the deadly US shooting, which resulted in the murder of 13 students and a teacher during the tragic incident in Colorado in 1999. He repeatedly spoke about doing the same at his own Edinburgh secondary school, describing the ‘Doomsday’ when he would ‘clear it out’. But a social media photograph of Winter in full combat-gear and carrying an imitation gun while at school caused panic among pupils and parents, and caught the attention of police in the summer of 2023. Winter had already been referred to a UK-wide programme designed to stop individuals becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It emerged he had been ‘radicalised’ having spent more than 1,000 hours in contact with an extremist pro-Nazi Discord group. The now 18 year-old – who it was previously heard is transgender – appeared back in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow today. He pleaded guilty in February to a breach of the peace and a charge under the Terrorism Act. (…) Officers went on to discover the boy had a TikTok account which had footage of him in black combat clothes as well as a skeleton mask. Mr Farrell: ‘One piece of commentary referenced school shootings.’ The teenager was immediately suspended. It emerged the vest and helmet were part of a costume for a short film he had been involved in for a drama class. He had been the ‘kidnapper’ and had used a ‘prop gun’.
via dailymail: Neo-Nazi teen, 18, who plotted Columbine-style high school shooting is jailed for six years