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David Copeland planted a series of bombs over 13 days in April 1999. He caused explosions in Brixton, south London Brick Lane in east London and a nail bomb in Soho, central London. The final blast at the gay pub the Admiral Duncan killed Andrea Dykes, 27, who was pregnant, and friends John Light, 32, and Nik Moore, 31, from Essex. His intention was to ignite a race war across Britain. In addition to the three killings, he injured 139 people including a 23 month old todler who had to have a 4 inch nail removed from his brain.
During July 2009, Neil Lewington was planning on waging a terror campaign using tennis balls and weedkiller targeted against those he thought classafied as "non British".
Robert Cottage, a former BNP member was convicted in July 2007 for possessing explosive chemicals in his home – described by police at the time of his arrest as the largest amount of chemical explosive of its type ever found in this country.
Martyn Gilleard, a British Nazi sympathizer was jailed in June 2008 after police found nail bombs, bullets, swords, axes and knives in his flat.
Again in 2008, Nathan Worrell was found guilty of possession of material for terrorist purposes and racially aggravated harassment. He was described by anti-terror police as a "dangerous individual". The court heard books and manuals containing "recipes" to make bombs and detonators using household items such as weedkiller were found by police at Worrell's flat.
In 2012 the British Home Affairs Committee warned of the threat of far right terrorism in the UK, claiming it had heard "persuasive evidence" about the potential danger and cited the growth of similar threats across Europe.
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