Steve Perkins@Perky_43
⚠️ A far-right teenager who attempted to behead a Kurdish barber with an axe in a terrorism-motivated attack has been jailed for 19 years and six months.
Alina Burns, 19, of Lynton Road in Bristol, admitted attempting to murder Mohammed Mahmoodi, 27, outside a barber's shop in Bedminster, Bristol, on 2 August 2025.
Burns approached Mahmoodi from behind and swung the axe at his neck. He was able to wrestle the weapon away from her before she could strike him again.
Burns, who is white British, was arrested at the scene and was found to be in possession of an axe, a scalpel and two darts.
During sentencing at Bristol Crown Court earlier, Mahmoodi said a scar on his neck is a "daily reminder that I was nearly killed".
It was only after the attack that the family learned concerns had been raised about the teenager months before the incident, when she told a man on a dating app to "kill all Jews and Muslims".
Burns was told she must serve a minimum of 15 years and six months in prison.
Source UK Database.
