The White Wolves was a British neo-Nazi and white supremacist terrorist organisation that claimed to adhere to the doctrine of leaderless resistance,[1] which claimed responsibility for several racially motivated bombings in London in 1999.
"The White Wolves is a tiny secretive group of nazi fanatics organised in cells. It first came to attention in 1994 when it issued a 'blueprint for terror' in which it set out the events now being played out in London. Copying the concept of "leaderless resistance" from American far-right extremists, they formed small cells and planned terror bombings and cold- blooded murder."[2] The anonymous 15 page 1994 blueprint for terror – which announced the formation of the White Wolves, contained practical instructions on bomb making, and which called for a race war[3] – has been widely attributed to the then neo-nazi ideologue David Myatt.[4]
Mike Whine, head of the Board of Jewish Deputies theorised that the White Wolves were a splinter group of Combat 18, deriving their name from a Serbian paramilitary formation.
Around the time of the Brixton nail-bomb, 25 people received stenciled notes stating:
At the time of the bombings, police authorities believed that former Combat 18 second-in-command Del O'Connor was the likely head of the White Wolves.[5] A stencilled message had been circulated reading C18 did not carry out the Brixton bombing. We, the White Wolves, did.[6]
In May 1999, a 22-year-old, David Copeland, was arrested and charged with all three nail-bombings.[7]