The Anti-Defamation Commission has warned of “ticking time bombs” in the community, tied to the resurgence of a neo-Nazi group that is actively recruiting in Brisbane.
The National Socialist Network had two members from Brisbane hold up its flag in front of the Story Bridge last week as a call for action to draw recruits.
Anti-Defamation Commission chairman Dvir Abramovich said this was a timely wake-up call for the Queensland government to keep watch on the resurgence of the movement.
“These ticking time bombs are obviously emboldened and must be taken seriously since the threat of deadly violence posed by such home-grown extremists, terrorists in waiting, is real,” he said.
“As the recent heinous massacres in Christchurch, San Diego, Pittsburgh and El Paso have shown, there is a direct link between words, incitement and lone-wolf shooting rampages.
“Where white-supremacist gather and communicate, physical assaults and murder are usually not far behind.”
Dr Abramovich said the group echoing “the notion of white genocide” is worrying as they called for a nation without Jews, Muslims, Aboriginals, immigrants and an LGBTQI community.
National Socialist Network’s Jacob Hersant said the two members from Brisbane were recruiting.
Mr Hersant refused to say how many members they had in Queensland but said they were “growing rapidly in every state”.