Gaming applications popular with British children have been hijacked by neo-Nazis praising the New Zealand mosque attacker and encouraging further acts of terrorism, a Times investigation has found.

Groups on forums aimed at fans of video games have posted messages in support of the massacre in Christchurch just over a week ago and shared footage celebrating it.

A Times reporter went undercover on the gaming platform Discord to infiltrate an invitation-only Satanist neo-Nazi group called The Order of Nine Angles (O9A). The group openly encouraged acts of terrorism and celebrated what was described as “esoteric Hitlerism”.

Separately, this newspaper has discovered an Australian account under the name Brenton Tarrant that was active on Steam, another gaming and chat website, until 23 days ago.

The Times