Reuters — A British teenager went on trial on Tuesday, accused of being a member of a banned white supremacist group, planning terrorist acts, carrying out research on nearby synagogues, and collecting weapons and material to make explosives.

The boy, now 16, who cannot be named for legal reasons, downloaded and shared videos of attacks, shootings and beheadings, expressed his admiration for Adolf Hitler, and kept notebooks where he wrote of his hatred for Jews and black people, prosecutor Michelle Heeley said.

When police raided the home he shared with his father in a remote village in northern England, they found knives, crossbows, military clothing and evidence that he was actively planning to turn his anger into action, Heeley said.

“He wanted to be a terrorist. He believed in a race war, in white supremacy, and he planned to carry out acts of terrorism in furtherance of his beliefs,” she said.

The boy denies the charges of preparing acts of terrorism, being a member of a........

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