Right-wing terrorism ‘spreading online’

The rising threat of extreme right-wing terrorism is being fuelled by hate spread online, a campaign group has said.

A Hope not Hate report warns of further violence from the far right and claims supporters of the outlawed National Action group are subverting government bans by operating under a new front.

The anti-fascist organisation is calling for the government and police to do more to curb the “peddlers of hate” spreading their message on social media.

The warning comes after Britain’s most senior counter-terror officer, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, revealed that our extreme right-wing attack plots were foiled last year.

“We are facing a surging threat from far-right terrorism and violent extremism,” said Hope not Hate chief executive Nick Lowles.