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List of foiled right-wing terrorist attacks

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This is a list of foiled right-wing terrorist attacks. Right-wing terrorism is terrorism that is motivated by a variety of different right-wing and far-right ideologies, most prominently by neo-Nazism, neo-fascism, ecofascism, white nationalism, white separatism, ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, anti-government patriot/sovereign citizen, anti-abortionism, and tax resistance.[1]

This article lists far-right terrorist attacks that have been thwarted, either by the security and order services of the various states, or by non-governmental organizations and should not be confused with the list of right-wing terrorist attacks.

1999–2009[edit]

2009–2019[edit]

Date of interruption Location No. of arrests Description of the attempt Ideologies
May 18, 2017 Germany 2 2 German nationalists, Daniel A. and Marcel L. planned a bomb attack against Muslims and asylum seekers. They were arrested by the police in May 2017.[2][3] Racism[3]

Islamophobia[3]

June 2017 France 9 (including 3 minors) 9 members of the modern terrorist organization OAS planned to attack Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Christophe Castaner and places where people of the Muslim faith gather in France.[4][5] After their conviction and their incarceration, their leader Logan Nisin declared that he regretted his act and had befriended Muslim prisoners who would have saved his life.[6] Racism[4]
Islamophobia[4]

Anti-government[4]

Anti-left[4]

July 3, 2017 France 1 Guillaume M, a 25-year-old nationalist living in Argenteuil, planned an assassination attempt against Emmanuel Macron.[7] He was arrested after declaring his intention on the internet. Prior to his arrest, he repeatedly said he wanted to "finish off" Jews, blacks, gays and Arabs.[8] Nationalism[8]

Antisemitism[8]
Racism[8] Homophobia[8]

1 October 2018 Germany 7 7 German participants in the "Revolution Chemnitz" terrorist organization are arrested while planning attacks targeting foreigners and left-wing politicians.[9][10][11] Nationalism[9]

Xenophobia[9]

Anti-left[9]

6 November 2018 France 13 On November 5, 2018, four men met in Serémange: Jean-Pierre Bouyer, Mickaël Iber, Antoine D. and David G. They wanted, with a vague plan, to attack Emmanuel Macron, who was traveling nearby. They were arrested by the DGSI the next day.[12] Between November 2018 and January 2021, thirteen people were indicted on terrorism charges. The members of this small group made virulent, hateful remarks, particularly about immigration, as well as Islamophobic.[12] Islamophobia[12]

Anti-immigration[12]
Xenophobia[12]

December 19, 2018 France 4 Four individuals, including a neo-Nazi gendarme, have been arrested for plotting terrorist attacks. Their targets specifically included the CRIF (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions), rapper Médine, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.[13] Antisemitism[13]

Anti-Left[13]

Racism[13]

2019–2029[edit]

Date of interruption Location No. of arrests Description of the attempt Ideologies
14 February 2020 Germany 12 On February 14, 2020, German police arrested 12 far-right terrorists who planned to attack politicians, asylum seekers and Muslim places of worship in an attempt to create a civil war situation in the country conducting to chaos.[14][15] Islamophobia[15]

White supremacism[15]

26 May 2020 France 1 Aurélien C, a radicalized former soldier presenting himself as a worshiper of Brenton Tarrant and subscribing to the conspiracy theory of the Great Replacement, planned an attack project against the Jewish community in France. He was arrested by the DGSI in Limoges before he could act.[16][17][18] White supremacism[18]

Racism[18]

Antisemitism[18]

June 2020 Germany 1 A 21-year-old far-right German man who acquired weapons to carry out a "Christchurch-like" attack targeting Muslim places of worship is arrested by German authorities.[19][20] Islamophobia[19]
Racism[19]
March 2021 UK 1 Kurt McGowan, a 21-year-old British nicknamed "Goebbels", was arrested after he shared hate speech online and instigated terrorist acts,[21] including sharing manuals for creating explosives and firearms.[22] He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2023 to seven years in prison.[23] Racism[22]
31 March 2021 US 1 Seth Pendley, who took part in the January 6 United States Capitol attack with a sawed-off shotgun[24] is arrested after trying to procure explosives to target an Amazon data center in Virginia.[24][25] He was targeting it for refusing to host the far-right app Parler. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to ten years in prison.[25][26] Trumpism[24]
7 May 2021 France 6 Six neo-Nazis were arrested on May 7, 2021, by the DGSI after planning an attempted attack on a Masonic lodge and an attempted assassination of the former Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France.[27][28] Neo-Nazism[27][28]
7 June 2021 Italy 12 The Neo-Nazi organization "Aryan Roman Order" was dismantled in Italy after inciting attacks.[29] They were also trying to attack NATO infrastructure in Italy.[30][31][32] Neo-Nazism[29][30]

Racism[29]
Antisemitism[29]

September 2021 Germany 1 Susanne G, a German, was arrested in September 2021 after attempting to create a bomb to target Muslims and politicians in Germany; she sent letters containing bullets to organizations helping asylum seekers as well as to Bavarian politicians before being arrested.[33][34] Racism[33]
Islamophobia[33]
October 2021 UK 1 A British teenager has been arrested after planning an attempted attack on police stations,[35][36] calling for a "racial war" to hasten its arrival. He reportedly renamed himself "Adolf Hitler" on Discord, stating that non-whites were "subhumans," and sought to create napalm.[37] Neo-Nazism[37]
White supremacism[37]
Anti-police[37][35]
October 2021 France 1 A high school student admirer of Adolf Hitler planned to carry out a massacre in a mosque in Le Havre and a high school on April 20, 2022, Hitler's birthday. He was arrested by the DGSI.[38] At his home three firearms were found, about twenty knives and notebooks where he "pledged allegiance to the Führer".[39][40] Before his arrest, he was in contact with nationalists and Islamists.[41] Neo-Nazism[39][40]
White supremacism[39][40]
3 December 2021 Finland 5 5 Finns who planned terrorist attacks in the country were arrested ; some of them were Neo-Nazis.[42][43] Neo-Nazism[42][43]
14 April 2022 Germany 4 4 Germans who planned to take the Minister of Health hostage were arrested; they would have tried to create a situation of civil war to overthrow democracy.[44] Reichsbürger movement[44]
4 June 2022 Australia 2 Two Australian neo-Nazis were arrested, Duncan Robert Cromb and Trevor Pay, after having in their possession equipment used to prepare terrorist attacks.[45] They pleaded guilty in 2023.[45] Neo-Nazism[45]
8 June 2022 Slovakia 1 A 22-year-old Slovak man was arrested in a joint European and American operation.[46][47] After searches at his home, the police discovered a 3D printer used to print weapons.[48] He would have already committed and accomplished terrorist acts; mainly sabotage.[49] Neo-Nazism[49]
28 June 2022 UK 1 A 20-year-old man was arrested in the UK after taking part in far-right online groups where he allegedly incited to commit acts of terrorism and filmed himself preparing explosives in his house, which allegedly exploded in front of the camera. He would also have acquired a firearm and called to "execute the minorities".[50][51][52] Racism[50]
27 September 2022 Iceland 4 4 far-right Icelanders were arrested by Icelandic security forces after they planned an attempted attack.[53] During the searches, dozens of firearms printed in 3D as well as thousands of ammunition were discovered in their homes.[53] This was the first attempted terrorist attack in the History of Iceland.[54] Racism[53]
28 September 2022 Belgium 6 + 1 dead 6 members of a Flemish far-right group were arrested on September 28, after they armed themselves and attempted to carry out terrorist acts.[55] One of them, Yannick Verdyck, engaged in a shootout with Belgian police before being shot. He kept more than two hundred firearms in his house.[56] Antisemitism[55]
Racism[55]
7 December 2022 Germany 25 25 members of a far-right movement were arrested as part of a major German police operation. This far-right cell planned various terrorist attacks, including attacking the Bundestag and carrying out a coup.[57][58][59] Reichsbürger movement[57]
9 February 2023 UK 1 A James Farrell was arrested after inciting violence and terrorist acts.[60] He also reportedly shared information to help create guns and bombs suggesting they be used against synagogues.[61] He pleaded guilty.[62] Neo-Nazism[61]
Antisemitism[62]
March 2023 UK 1 A 15-year-old Neo-Nazi was arrested in West Yorkshire after planning to murder his former girlfriend and target two mosques with car bombings.[63][64][65] Neo-Nazism[64]
Racism / Islamophobia[64]

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Germany charges two with planning attacks on refugees | Cyprus Mail". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Des membres de l'ultra-droite jugés pour des projets d'attentats". La Croix (in français). 2021-09-21. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Groupuscule d'ultradroite "OAS" : six personnes jugées à Paris, Mélenchon entendu comme victime". ladepeche.fr (in français). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  6. ↑ Conge, Paul. "Les dernières confessions de Logan Nisin, le facho qui voulait tuer Castaner et Mélenchon". www.marianne.net (in français). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  7. ↑ AFP, Par. "Un ultra-nationaliste qui voulait attaquer Macron ou des minorités jugé à Paris". fr.timesofisrael.com (in français). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "Un homme arrêté dans le Val d'Oise voulait tuer Emmanuel Macron le 14 juillet". LEFIGARO (in français). 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Jordans, Frank. "Germany arrests 7 suspected far-right extremists in Chemnitz". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  10. ↑ "Germany arrests 7 suspected far-right extremists in Chemnitz". Mainichi Daily News. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  11. ↑ "Germany Arrests 7 Suspected Far-Right Extremists in Chemnitz". www.courthousenews.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 LIBERATION; AFP. "Projet d'attaque contre Macron en 2018 : 13 membres des «Barjols» bientôt jugées en correctionnelle". Libération (in français). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 POLITIS. "WaffenKraft : le projet terroriste d'un gendarme néonazi". Politis (in français). Retrieved 2023-05-18.
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  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Germany charges 12 in far-right 'terror' plot". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  16. ↑ "Ultradroite : Aurélien C., arrêté à Limoges, mis en examen et écroué". leparisien.fr (in français). 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  17. ↑ "Ultradroite : le suspect arrêté à Limoges présenté à la justice antiterroriste". LaProvence.com (in français). 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Ultradroite : le suspect arrêté à Limoges a été mis en examen et écroué". L'Express (in français). 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Bouchafra, Ismaël. "Allemagne : un projet d'attaque islamophobe inspiré de Christchurch déjoué" (in français). Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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  21. ↑ "Man Sentenced for Terrorism Offences After Undercover Investigation". Counter Terrorism Policing. 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Far-right extremist jailed after Lake District tunnel plan". BBC News. 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  23. ↑ "Far-right extremists discussed underground base in Lake District, court hears". News and Star. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Texas Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Plotting to Attack Data Centers". www.justice.gov. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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  34. ↑ "German woman charged with plotting attack on Muslims, others". AP NEWS. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Luke Skelton: Washington student guilty of planning terror attack". BBC News. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  36. ↑ "GUILTY: Teenager convicted of terrorism plot to start race war". The Northern Echo. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 "Teenager planned far-right terror attack 'to accelerate race war' in Britain". The Independent. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  38. ↑ "La DGSI déjoue le projet d'attentat d'un jeune néonazi de 19 ans". www.20minutes.fr (in français). 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 "France: un attentat terroriste d'extrême droite visant une mosquée déjoué in extremis". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 "Un attentat terroriste d'extrême-droite déjoué en Normandie". CharenteLibre.fr (in français). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 "Germany: Far-right group planned attacks, abductions – DW – 04/14/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 "Man who 'severed ties' with the National Socialist Network would be better off in love than jail, lawyer says". ABC News. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  46. ↑ "Slovak and Czech authorities take action against right-wing terrorism | Eurojust | European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation". www.eurojust.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  47. ↑ "Suspect arrested in Slovakia for spreading hate speech and 3D printed weapons manuals". Europol. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Harvey, Ian (27 March 2023). "Walsall man accused of terror offences accidentally set off blast in his kitchen, court told". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 "Quatre arrestations pour complot terroriste en Islande". www.20minutes.fr (in français). 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  54. ↑ "Four arrested for alleged terror attack plans in 'peaceful' Iceland; guns, ammunition seized". WION. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 55.2 "Un projet d'attentat d'extrême droite déjoué en Belgique". Le Monde.fr (in français). 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  56. ↑ "Plus de 200 armes à feu retrouvées chez Yannick Verdyck, l'extrémiste tué lors d'une perquisition à Merksem". sudinfo.be (in français). 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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