White supremacist who wanted to 'kill as many migrants as possible' stockpiled petrol bombs and napalm to attack hotel housing asylum seekers, court hears

Published: 11:50 EST, 10 November 2026 | Updated: 11:51 EST, 10 November 2026 A ‘Nazi’ who wanted to ‘kill as many migrants as possible’ stockpiled petrol bombs and napalm in preparation for an attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers, a court has heard. Mikka Lee Anderson, 24, is said to have hidden his far-Right ideology behind a ‘veil of normality’, living with his partner and young child and holding down a job in a Wren Kitchens factory while allegedly plotting a terrorist attack.As well as planning to burn down the historic Royal Hotel in Hull city centre, Anderson also considered attacking Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East Karl Turner, sharia law courts and a local imam, Newcastle Crown Court heard.On the first day of Anderson’s trial, where he denies preparing acts of terrorism and possessing articles for a terrorist purpose, the jury heard that he was an ‘ardent believer in white nationalism’ who admired Adolf Hitler, believed Muslims were going to ‘destroy the white population’ and non-white people were a ‘societal pest which needed to be dealt with.’In the autumn of last year, Anderson began conducting ‘reconnaissance’ at the Royal Hotel, which was being used to house migrants and was a short walk from his house, and decided it ‘would make an excellent target for a terrorist attack,’ prosecutor Adam Birkby told jurors.At his home, he had cultivated a stash of some 20 knives and a crossbow as well as camouflage clothing and a gas mask.He also had a copy of the Anarchist’s Cookbook which helped him make Molotov cocktails, napalm and smoke bombs.Anderson allegedly tried to recruit others from Hull ‘who were willing to commit acts of terrorism’ but found many ‘did not share the defendant’s enthusiasm for the use of extreme violence or recoiled at the fact that the defendant was a self-declared Nazi,’ Mr Birkby said. Mikka Anderson, 24, allegedly plotted to attack the Royal Hotel in Hull because it was housing migrants He has denied preparing acts of terrorism. His trial at Newcastle Crown Court is expected to last eight daysHowever in February, after making contact online, he met with a man who cannot be identified for legal reasons and outlined his plan to attack the hotel in Hull and ‘kill as many of the migrants who were housed inside it as possible.’Mr Birkby said that during the meeting, Anderson revealed ‘that he had a crossbow and that he had created some form of device that he would use to launch the Molotov cocktails through the hotel windows.’Despite Anderson initially assessing the man – who also held ‘right-wing anti-immigration beliefs’ – as ‘very promising’, his ‘perception was wrong’ as two days later he told police about the plans to prevent an imminent terrorist attack, the court heard.On February 26, Anderson was arrested as he arrived for work at the kitchen factory.Over 10 interviews with police, he said any discussions about attacking the hotel were ‘hypothetical’ and while he was ‘right-leaning’, he denied being a Nazi or a racist.However Mr Birkby said Anderson told an associate in September 2025: ‘I am stocking up and preparing for violence… Muslims aren’t here to assimilate, they’re here to take over.'Anderson claimed he had amassed explosives and incendiary devices in his home because of an interest in ‘survivalism' and ‘doomsday prepping.’Mr Birkby told the court: ‘The truth is that Mikka Lee Anderson is a terrorist, he is prepared to use serious violence against people and property to intimidate those whom he considers to be his enemies, in order to advance his extreme right-wing ideology.’The trial continues.