The Hitler-inspired teenager planned to set fire to a Muslim centre. A neo-Nazi teenager who planned to carry out a terrorist attack at a mosque has been sentenced to 10 years in custody. The 17-year-old, who was inspired by Adolf Hitler, had planned to set fire to a Muslim centre in Greenock, Inverclyde, after befriending the Imam and mapping out the building’s interior on his phone. In January this year, police apprehended the youth, who was carrying a camouflage military-style rucksack, as he tried to gain entry to the Inverclyde Muslim Centre on Laird Street. Inside the bag they found a German-manufactured Glock-type air pistol, ammunition, ball bearings, gas cartridges and aerosol cans, prosecutors said. He was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday after pleading guilty to two terrorism charges, the Crown Office said. (,,,) Prosecutors said the teenager, who was radicalised online and idolised Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, began to plot an attack on the site in December 2024, planning to set it on fire using aerosols and lighters. He boasted of his plans on social media platform Telegram, and joined the mosque’s WhatsApp group saying he was “looking for guidance”. Despite harbouring anti-Muslim views which he had been writing about for two years previously, the boy won the trust of the Imam during several visits. He later filmed himself wandering the corridors, including footage showing him superimposing a hand carrying a semi-automatic pistol. When the image moved over a religious poster, it appeared to be set on fire, due to a special effect.
via independent: Teenage neo-Nazi who plotted terror attack at mosque detained for 10 years
siehe auch: Inverclyde teenager who planned mass murder by setting fire to mosque given 10-year sentence A court heard how the teenager idolised the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik and had “developed sympathies” with the Nazi Party. A teenager who planned a mass murder by setting fire to a mosque has been sentenced to 10 years in custody. The boy, who cannot be identified due to legal reasons, was 16 when he was arrested in January after police caught him on his way to burn down Inverclyde Muslim Centre in Greenock. He was hoping the mosque, which has a capacity of 275 worshippers, would be full. But he was unable to enter as the door was locked. What he did not know was that the police had received intelligence and were waiting to arrest him. (…) It is understood that he had boasted online about his plans to livestream the attack after becoming radicalised on social media at the age of 13. The teenager, who was dressed in black and carrying an air rifle when arrested, had successfully hoodwinked the mosque’s imam that he was serious about converting to Islam.