Gransnet forums

News & politics

Teen who planned mosque mass murder given 10-year sentence

(55 Posts)
growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 16:05:59

Horrifying!

nanna8 Fri 22-Aug-25 00:45:54

Where are the parents in all this? Do they realise what is going on with their children or are they totally ignorant ? I think I would know if my kids were radicalised to that extent because kids talk and you would hear them or at least overhear them. You would know something isn’t right.

growstuff Fri 22-Aug-25 00:44:53

Wyllow3

Crossstitchfan

Oreo

Want to amend the thread title?
It was a synagogue not a mosque.

Not according to all the different reports I’ve read Oreo. Nor according to the news this morning.
Anyway, where-ever it was, it was a dreadful occurrence.

Can we have the web reference to the synagogue attack you mentioned as growstuff mixing up you mentioned Oreo?

I haven't mixed anything up Wyllow.

I gave two separate links at the beginning of the thread to two separate planned attacks.

Crossstitchfan Fri 22-Aug-25 00:38:01

Thanks Allira. I think I’ve got it wrong!

Wyllow3 Fri 22-Aug-25 00:02:08

Crossstitchfan

Oreo

Want to amend the thread title?
It was a synagogue not a mosque.

Not according to all the different reports I’ve read Oreo. Nor according to the news this morning.
Anyway, where-ever it was, it was a dreadful occurrence.

Can we have the web reference to the synagogue attack you mentioned as growstuff mixing up you mentioned Oreo?

Allira Thu 21-Aug-25 23:15:18

Both, Crossstitchfan.
Two different young men, two different court cases.

Frightening.

Crossstitchfan Thu 21-Aug-25 23:11:08

Oreo

Want to amend the thread title?
It was a synagogue not a mosque.

Not according to all the different reports I’ve read Oreo. Nor according to the news this morning.
Anyway, where-ever it was, it was a dreadful occurrence.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 22:52:57

Oreo

The dark web included.
Hardly any parents are aware of what their kids are doing, computer wise and short of standing behind them and checking computers and phones constantly how can anyone know what they are doing or who they are talking to or listening to.

The ideas are coming from adults. Adults could start off by setting an example. IMO we need to question claims about free speech, including (especially) politicians.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 22:46:43

Oreo

Think of the many teenagers radicalised by Islam extremists in this country, teenagers are easy prey .

I was hoping to focus on the age of those radicalised rather than the religion. To me, it doesn't matter whether the target is a mosque, synagogue or knit and natter group. There are actually many many radicalised far-right teenagers in this country. Many of them have been charged and convicted.

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 22:24:32

Think of the many teenagers radicalised by Islam extremists in this country, teenagers are easy prey .

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 22:22:26

The dark web included.
Hardly any parents are aware of what their kids are doing, computer wise and short of standing behind them and checking computers and phones constantly how can anyone know what they are doing or who they are talking to or listening to.

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 22:18:53

The genie is the Internet, where warped and sick individuals can influence and manipulate others all over the world.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 22:18:30

Would it matter anyway? They're both equal places of worship.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 22:17:35

Oreo

Want to amend the thread title?
It was a synagogue not a mosque.

No, I don't - the first one was a mosque. The second was a synagogue.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 22:16:24

Oreo

I suspect both boys in these separate incidents were easily led loners.Not a lot can be done, it’s the Internet and the genie is out of the bottle.

Which genie? Why does it exist in the first place?

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 22:15:31

Oreo

growstuff

What is happening to teenagers? When I was their age all I wanted was love and peace.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clddx43zd7xo

This is a different attack.

I know. That's why I posted it. It's yet another teenager involved in terrorism.

Allira Thu 21-Aug-25 22:10:34

Both are dreadful.
One can be named, the other cannot even though they are only two years apart in age.
The older one received only an eight year sentence - why?

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 22:04:26

I suspect both boys in these separate incidents were easily led loners.Not a lot can be done, it’s the Internet and the genie is out of the bottle.

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 22:02:03

Bit confusing!

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 22:01:27

growstuff

What is happening to teenagers? When I was their age all I wanted was love and peace.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clddx43zd7xo

This is a different attack.

Oreo Thu 21-Aug-25 21:59:36

Want to amend the thread title?
It was a synagogue not a mosque.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 18:20:05

petra

I see the article mentions the telegram app.
Known as the app for your drug of choice delivered to your door.
Short of recruiting thousands to monitor this crap it’s not going to stop.
But that doesn’t come cheap.

I didn't know that petra (not that I'm in the market for drugs).

Allira Thu 21-Aug-25 18:10:14

The High Court in Glasgow previously heard the boy had been radicalised through social media from the age of 13.

A list of "inspirations" found in his phone included Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Brevik.

He had initially wanted to plant bombs at his school in December last year, before deciding to target the mosque.

Good grief!
Old enough to plan mass murders but not old enough to be named. He'll be out again in a few years so I hope he can be de-radicalised wherever he is sent and doesn't meet like-minded people inside.

Yes, what is happening to young people, from vicious school bullies to terrorists, this is a frightening trend now.

petra Thu 21-Aug-25 17:39:53

I see the article mentions the telegram app.
Known as the app for your drug of choice delivered to your door.
Short of recruiting thousands to monitor this crap it’s not going to stop.
But that doesn’t come cheap.

Granmarderby10 Thu 21-Aug-25 17:27:46

Easy access to drugs and rabbit holes on the internet = trouble and strife.
This is how I see it.

growstuff Thu 21-Aug-25 17:10:19

What is happening to teenagers? When I was their age all I wanted was love and peace.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clddx43zd7xo