A 54-year-old neo-Nazi and his eight gun-loving friends had hand grenades, pump-action rifles, submachine guns and 100 kilos of ammunition stored at home. A weapons cache was also excavated in St. Pölten.
As reported, investigators from the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (LSE) not only managed to blow up an IS network in St. Pölten, but the experienced officers also managed to strike to be brought to the right side. wing extremist scene. The focus was on a 54-year-old from the Melk district.
Buried in the garden
Last year a huge collection of weapons was seized from him. Working grenades, submachine guns, an assault rifle, a pump-action shotgun, six pistols, three silencers and more than 100 kilos of ammunition, some of which had been stored in barrels and buried in the garden, were found.
During the course of the investigation, eight accomplices between the ages of 26 and 54 from the Melk and Zwettl districts were identified. They also had Nazi memorabilia, war materials and banned weapons. The men are all said to have spread National Socialist ideas on the internet. A weapons ban was imposed against them. It was unlikely that they had planned attacks; they were more likely weapons collectors with Nazi sympathies.
Also a member of a neo-Nazi group
Explosive: The 54-year-old had also indoctrinated his children by playing right-wing radical music for them and transferring it to USB sticks. He was also a member of the neo-Nazi group VAPO. The man was given a suspended sentence of six months.
Bayonets and crossbows
Last year, the LSE, together with the special unit Cobra, discovered a veritable arsenal of weapons during five house searches in St. Pölten. War materials, homemade silencers, a telescopic club, pistols, bayonets and a crossbow were found on six suspects.
After evaluating approximately 800 gigabytes of data, four more suspects were investigated. All men were Austrians with a migration background. They were also subject to a weapons ban and reporting.
Source: Krone
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