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Italian left-wing activist Ilaria Salis, who has been charged in Hungary for allegedly assaulting right-wing extremists, has returned to Italy. Ilaria Salis returned to the northern Italian city of Monza with her father on Saturday evening after travelling back by car. The Hungarian judiciary had previously released her from house arrest in Budapest. "Yes, the nightmare is over," Roberto Salis told journalists in Monza after arriving with his daughter, who he said was "very tired." "She has had a very intense period in detention," he added. The Hungarian public prosecutor's office accuses the ...
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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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German police carried out further raids on Tuesday morning targeting the far-right Reich Citizens movement, with suspects allegedly linked to a previously uncovered plot to overthrow the German government. Several large criminal trials against 26 alleged extremists who plotted to violently overthrow the German government are currently underway in Germany. The plotters allegedly hoped to install a self-styled aristocrat, Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, as leader. On Tuesday, police launched raids on numerous locations in two different German states. A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in...
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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 district league football match in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt was interrupted after some people at the game reportedly shouted racist chants. Criminal charges have been filed on suspicion of incitement to hatred, a police spokesman said early on Saturday morning. Police said the referee had called off the match played south of Magdeburg in the municipality of Bördeland-Eggersdorf on Friday evening after some people reportedly yelled racist slogans. It was initially unclear whether the chanting came from spectators or players. According to the spokesman, police launched an inves...
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Police in Germany have opened investigations into a group of teenagers suspected of having shouted racist chants to the melody of the song "L'Amour Toujours," in what would be the latest in a series of ugly incidents involving the decades-old pop tune. Several guests attending a birthday party in the north-eastern municipality of Pantelitz, some 70 kilometres east of Rostock, reportedly shouted "Foreigners out - Germany for Germans" to the tune of the of the party hit, police said. One person reportedly shouted the banned Nazi salute "Heil Hitler." According to police, 13 teenagers aged betwee...
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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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