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German police officer among arrests in nationwide far-right terror swoop

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:07:34 +0100

Police in Germany arrested twelve men, including one of its own officers, in a nationwide probe into an extreme-right group suspected of planning attacks on politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims, state interior ministry sources and prosecutors said Friday.

Update: Police raid far-right group in six German states over 'attack plans'

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:01:45 +0100

Police in Germany arrested twelve men Friday in a nationwide probe into an extreme-right group suspected of planning "attacks on politicians, asylum-seekers and people of Muslim faith," prosecutors said Friday.

Grannies for Future: 100-year-old German great-grandma enters politics

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:40:19 +0200

Meet the 100-year-old German great-grandmother who is shaking up politics and standing up to climate change.

Pro-migrant German mayors receive death threats

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:01:26 +0200

At least three prominent German pro-migrant mayors have received death threats, it emerged Thursday, days after police arrested a suspected far-right extremist over the assassination-style gun murder of a local politician.

Does Chemnitz video show a manhunt? Controversy continues over domestic intelligence head's statement

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:59:27 +0200

Hans-Georg Maaßen, head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has not found concrete evidence that a video showing a manhunt of foreigners in Chemnitz was falsified, as he originally claimed, according to German media reports.

'Right-wing extremism not an East German issue': Saxony-Anhalt minister president

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:12:48 +0200

At a meeting on Monday, Saxony Anhalt's minister president Reiner Haseloff said that right-wing extremism is a Germany wide issue, attracting people largely through social media.

Köthen's mayor pleads for peace amid far-right push to protest in city

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:43:27 +0200

Köthen’s Social Democratic (SPD) Mayor Bernd Hauschild was shocked by calls for violence in the protests that followed a reportedly deadly dispute between two groups of men on Sunday evening.

Migrant beaten in racist attack in northeast German city

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:57:08 +0200

A migrant was subjected to xenophobic insults and beaten up in the northern German city of Wismar Wednesday evening, police said, in an attack that comes as the country is shaken by far-right demonstrations against foreigners.

‘We are Nazis to the bitter end’: right-wing group on trial for terror

Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:42:44 +0100

An extremist group accused of attacks at refugee homes and against left-leaning politicians is on trial starting this week, facing charges of terrorism.

What is Germany's extremist Reichsbürger movement?

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:44:18 +0100

As police launched nation-wide raids on Wednesday, reportedly against a "Reichsbürger" terrorist group suspected of plotting armed attacks, here's a look at what exactly the extremist movement is about.

Football hooligans attack Green party politician on train

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 13:11:06 +0100

A group of football hooligans "aggressively" attacked the Green party leader from Saxony as well as two of his colleagues on Sunday.

Police probe extremists in own ranks after fatal shooting

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:00:25 +0100

Two weeks after a self-proclaimed "Reichsbürger" killed an officer during a police raid, German police are investigating within their own ranks for links to the extremist movement.

800 crimes against refugee homes reported this year

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:27:01 +0200

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has recorded nearly 800 cases of crimes against refugee homes so far this year, German media reported on Wednesday.

Police investigate 14 suspected neo-Nazis

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:49:00 +0200

Authorities in Germany are investigating 14 suspected members of neo-Nazi terror groups, news magazine Der Spiegel reports.