Two Canadians Who Police Link to Neo-Nazis Face Terrorism Charges

Two Canadian men who the police say are affiliated with a variety of far-right, neo-Nazi, white supremacist groups have been charged with terrorism and hate crimes.

In a statement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or R.C.M.P., said that Matthew Althorpe of the Niagara area in Ontario and Kristoffer Nippak of the Toronto area were involved in creating extremist manifestoes and recruiting videos.

The police force, in an email, declined to offer specifics, citing a publication ban on the case. Lawyers for the two men could not be immediately identified. A bail hearing is scheduled for next week in Toronto.

One of the groups that the police said was affiliated with the men, the Atomwaffen Division, was declared a terrorist organization by Canada in 2021. The group, which uses the German word for “atomic weapons” as its name, is among the most violent of right-wing extremist groups and is linked to several killings in the United States.

The R.C.M.P. said the men also made promotional material for Terrorgram Collective and described it as a group of Telegram channels that share neo-fascist ideology, producing and sharing manuals on how to carry out racially motivated violence. The channels, the statement said, are linked to the Atomwaffen Division as well as other neo-Nazi and far-right groups.

Research by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League has found that the members of the Atomwaffen expect a race war to follow a breakdown of society and seek to construct a new society based on their political and racial ideas. Its members share virulently racist and antisemitic views. The groups are influenced by the writings of James Mason, a member of the American Nazi Party who idolized Hitler and Charles Manson.

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