Teen Radicalized Online Plots Mass Shooting

0:00On April 30th, a 21-year-old from Essex named Alfie Coleman just got convicted at the old Bailey for plotting a mass shooting attack. He drew inspiration from the guy who killed MP Joe Cox back in 2016. Coleman got busted in September 2023 trying to buy a pistol and 200 rounds of ammo for $3,500 in. An MI5 undercover sting outside of supermarket. He pleaded guilty to grabbing prohibited weapons and holding onto terrorist manuals, but the jury nailed him on the full terror plot charge. Starting at just 14, he dove deep into extreme right-wing stuff online, building up Nazi gear and weapons in his room while working part-time at Tesco. Coleman made hate lists of co-workers he called race traitors, wrote a manifesto naming targets like a mosque and the Lord Mayor of London, and obsessed over far-right killers as heroes. Cox raided his family home and found swastika rocks, neo-Nazi flags, bud detectors and

1:00cash stashed away. In court, his head dropped when the verdict hit, and his mom broke down crying in the gallery. He mouthed that it be okay as they took him down. He denied the attack intent, blaming lockdown loneliness, but evidence showed he was dead set on sparking a race war. Police say this shows MI5 encounter tear team stopping real threats, and it's part of a rising wave of kids getting radicalized online. Coleman set for sentencing on July 8th, a stark reminder to watch what the young ones are scrolling through.