Neo-Nazi obsessed teen jailed for trying to kill Kurdish man in Bristol with axe

Alina Burns, 19, who had said she wanted to ‘kill all Jews and Muslims’, attacked barber outside his shop A neo-Nazi obsessed teenager who tried to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe because she wanted to “kill all Jews and Muslims” has been jailed for more than 15 years. Alina Burns, 19, attacked Mohammed Mahmoodi, 27, with the weapon as he stood outside his shop in Bedminster in south Bristol in August last year. Bristol crown court heard she had been motivated by neo-Nazi extremism and had been in contact with far-right groups. Burns had told a man on a dating app to “kill all Jews and Muslims” and had searched for information online about jihad, the 2024 Southport stabbings, “Jewish supremacy” and Nazi Germany. Serena Gates KC, prosecuting, told the court: “The prosecution case is that the defendant had an extreme rightwing mindset and wanted Jews and Muslims to be killed and non-whites to flee or be expelled from the UK. “The day before the attack the defendant was watching videos of SS marches and sent an email called ‘The dawn of civil war’.” At a previous hearing, Burns, of Bristol, admitted attempted murder and three charges of having an article with a blade or point – sp