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German police seized 900 rounds of ammunition, drugs, luxury watches, jewellery and €30,000 ($32,380) in cash during raids of 16 properties in two western states on Thursday, to combat organized crime. They were also looking for evidence of links to the radical Reichsbürger scene, which denies the legitimacy of the modern German state. The raids involved specialized police units and took place in North Rhine Westphalia and Lower Saxony, with properties in Osnabrück and Hanover searched, the police and public prosecutor's office in Osnabrück said later on Thursday. Officials said a farm in East...
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German police were searching 15 properties in two western states for drugs, combat weapons and evidence of links to the radical Reichsbürger scene, which denies the legitimacy of the modern German state. The raids involve specialized police units and are taking place in North Rhine Westphalia and Lower Saxony, police in the city of Osnabrück said on Thursday morning. Properties in the cities of Osnabrück and Hanover were among those being searched. So-called Reichsbürger, or "Reich Citizens," believe that the modern German republic illegitimately replaced the German Reich that was founded in 1...
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Germany's domestic intelligence service has said the number of right-wing extremists being monitored continues to grow, as the nation grapples with the aftermath of the European elections which saw Germany's far-right AfD party win second place. "We are seeing a renewed increase in the number of violent right-wing extremists," the head of the domestic intelligence services, Thomas Haldenwang, told dpa. His agency plans to present its annual report for 2023 next week. An increase of about 14.5%, or 38,800 individuals, reported for 2022 has been mainly attributed to the fact that for the first t...
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The threat of Islamist terrorist attacks in Germany is currently significantly higher compared to previous years, partially due to the Gaza war, according to Germany's domestic intelligence agency. "The risk of jihadist attacks is higher than it has been for a long time," the head of the domestic intelligence services, Thomas Haldenwang, told dpa. Haldenwang stated that the risk of attacks has increased due to several factors. He highlighted the threat posed by radicalized individuals. Additionally, he mentioned the influence of the Islamist Taliban takeover in Afghanistan as well as the stren...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on all democrats and anti-racists to stand together on the 20th anniversary of a neo-Nazi attack by the National Socialist Underground (NSU) group in the western city of Cologne. "It is important that we outlaw violence in the political battle of opinions - regardless of the motives behind it: whether left-wing or right-wing extremist or religious fanaticism - violence destroys democracy, and we don't want that," Steinmeier said on Sunday. During a visit to the site of the attack, Steinmeier spoke with the two hairdressers Hasan and Özcan Yildiri...
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A member of Germany's far-right Reich Citizens extremist group made a broad confession before the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court on Wednesday, as prosecutors unveiled the movement's plans to seize power by overthrowing the German government. The suspect expressly admitted membership of a terrorist organization and participating in plans to commit high treason, he said in statements delivered by his defence lawyer. "I would like to distance myself from my radical ideas at the time. The whole thing as such is true. I got myself into this nonsense," he said. Multiple trials are under way across...
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A suspected terrorist from Germany's far-right Reich Citizens, a domestic terrorist group, made a broad confession before the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court on Wednesday. The suspect expressly admitted membership of a terrorist organization and participating in plans to commit high treason, he said in statements delivered by his defence lawyer. "I would like to distance myself from my radical ideas at the time. The whole thing as such is true. I got myself into this nonsense," he said. A trial is under way of the Reich Citizens group, which allegedly planned to violently overthrow the German...
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Police searched properties belonging to suspected supporters of the far-right Reich Citizens group in three German states, a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. A large contingent of police searched 10 properties in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein starting early Tuesday morning, according to the spokeswoman. No arrests were made in the raids, the spokeswoman told dpa on Tuesday evening. There have been repeated raids targeting the Reich Citizens group, which allegedly planned to violently overthrow the German government. Various allege...
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Police are searching properties in three German states belonging to suspected supporters of the far-right Reich Citizens group, a public prosecutor spokeswoman said on Tuesday. A large contingent of police has been searching 10 properties in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein since early Tuesday morning, according to the spokeswoman. There have been repeated raids targeting the Reich Citizens group, which allegedly planned to violently overthrow the German government. Various suspected members, including suspected ringleader Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss, are curren...
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Police are searching properties in three German states belonging to suspected supporters of the far-right Reich Citizens group, a public prosecutor spokeswoman said on Tuesday. A large contingent of police has been searching 10 properties in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein since early Tuesday morning, according to the spokeswoman. The measures were directed against two suspects from Baden-Württemberg who are accused of supporting a domestic terrorist organization, the spokeswoman added. There have been repeated raids targeting the Reich Citizens group, which alle...
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