"Joshua Fisher-Birch of the Counter Extremism Project described the trend as 'very concerning.' Militant neo-Nazis 'really are trying to exploit the crisis,' he explained. 'They see that people are afraid. They want people to be even more afraid...

"'Neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels have increased their calls for destabilisation and violence related to COVID-19,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher from the United States-based Counter Extremism Project, which monitors international...

"'Extreme right-wing accelerationist and neo-Nazi Telegram chats and channels have increased their frequency of calling for violence related to the coronavirus since the president’s declaration of a national emergency on March 13,' Counter Extremism...

CEP researcher Joshua "Fisher-Birch said the posts that attracted the attention of the FBI and Homeland Security are similar to others that predated the pandemic. They encourage action but without a specific plan."

"In this week’s edition of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, said that even terrorists are terrified of the COVID-19 virus, and they’ve taken...

"The Counter Extremism Project reports that upon the completion of his studying, he served as an officer in Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s army. But following the US-led occupation of Iraq and the capture of Hussein in 2003, he 'turned to violent...

"He joined al-Qa'ida in Iraq after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam in 2003, the multi-national Counter Extremism Project said."

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with Radio 24 in Italy about fears that coronavirus is leading to a surge in calls to violence by extremists.

“'Extreme right-wing accelerationist and neo-Nazi Telegram chats and channels have increased their frequency of calling for violence related to the coronavirus since the president’s declaration of a national emergency on March 13,' said Joshua Fisher...

"'The extreme right is fractured right now in terms of their support for President Trump,' said Joshua Fisher Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project. 'Many who originally supported him are disappointed with how the last few years have...