Axe in the Heart of Bristol: Extremism in the Wilderness of Our Times The case of Alina Burns, a 19 year old neo Nazi obsessed teenager who attempted to kill a Kurdish barber in Bristol with an axe, has sent shockwaves through the country.
Beyond the headlines and outraged reactions lies a more insidious issue – one that reveals a disturbing trend in our society. Burns' extremist views were not born out of a vacuum.
She had been consuming far right ideologies online, researching topics like jihad, Jewish supremacy, and Nazi Germany.