Neo-Nazi from Toronto guilty of terrorism
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A Toronto man has been found guilty of a terrorism charge for participating in a recruitment film on behalf of the now-defunct Atomwaffen Division (AWD), an international neo-Nazi group declared a terrorist entity by the Canadian government in 2021.
Kristoffer Nippak was convicted Wednesday morning by Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell of knowingly participating in or contributing to an activity of a terrorist group — namely the almost five-minute video Fission: A Reckoning of Modernity. Filmed in September 2019 in rural Quebec, it shows seven armed men wearing skull masks and AWD patches marching through a forest, firing guns, clearing a building, and burning the flags of the United States, Israel, and the European Union.
The captions and voiceover urge those watching to “join us or perish with the rest.”
Nippak denied being one of those men but the judge found the circumstantial evidence strong: his credit cards showed he was in the area at the time of the filming and a search of his home in 2023 located a similar camouflage uniform seen in the video. Photos also showed him with and without the same skull mask worn in the film and the same sweatshirt, necklace and red-handled knife were found in his room as those worn by a masked man saluting a photo of Hitler.
Police surveillance also found Nippak was in frequent contact with his co-accused, Matthew Althorpe, and other individuals investigators connected to the Fission video, Forestell wrote in her ruling.
Earlier this year, Althorpe was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to three charges: facilitating terrorist activity by producing videos and images between April 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2019; instructing persons to carry out terrorist activity as outlined in his manifestos between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2022; and promoting anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Black and anti-Indian hatred on behalf of the terror group Terrogram between Jan. 1, 2018 and Dec. 31, 2022.
The white supremacist leader inspired six international terror attacks through his publications and videos online.
A bail hearing is scheduled for later this month where the Crown is seeking to revoke Nippak’s release.
A sentencing hearing is set for October.