The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office has arrested eight suspected right-wing terrorists in Germany and Poland. The ‘Saxon separatists’ wanted to conquer areas in East Germany by force of arms. At the same time, about 20 properties are being searched – Austria is also affected.
The federal public prosecutor’s office arrested eight men in Saxony on Tuesday. They are strongly suspected of being members of a right-wing extremist domestic terrorist organization calling itself the ‘Saxon separatists’, as Karlsruhe authorities announced on Tuesday.
The German nationals were arrested early in the morning at various locations in and around Leipzig, in Dresden, in the Saxon district of Meißen and in Zgorzelec, Poland, on the basis of arrest warrants. House searches are also taking place in Austria. The buildings of “non-suspected people” in Vienna and the Krems-Land district have been affected.
“Deep rejection of democracy”
The group was founded no later than November 2020. “This is a militant group consisting of fifteen to twenty people whose ideology is characterized by racist, anti-Semitic and partly apocalyptic ideas,” the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe said. “The members share a deep rejection of the basic free-democratic order of the Federal Republic of Germany.”
“Ethnic cleansing” planned
According to the information, the association assumes that Germany is facing a “collapse”. If the state and society collapse, the group wants to use armed force to conquer areas in Saxony and possibly also in other East German states “to establish a state and society that is aligned with National Socialism.” If necessary, unwanted groups of people should be removed from the area through ‘ethnic cleansing’.
Four of those arrested are said to have been among the original members and one is said to have been a leader. According to the federal prosecutor’s office, the others joined later. They repeatedly completed paramilitary training with combat equipment. “In particular, urban warfare, the use of firearms, night and forced marches and patrols were practiced,” the Federal Court of Justice explains. The group also acquired military equipment such as camouflage suits, combat helmets, gas masks and protective vests.
Buschmann sees success in the authorities’ investigation
The oldest of them is 25 years old. “It is a great success that the Federal Prosecutor General and the security authorities have managed to expose these scandalous plans and arrest those responsible,” said German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann. At the same time, this success of the investigation once again serves as a warning: “Our rule of law and the free democratic basic order are threatened from many sides.”
“The fact that they have been trained to handle weapons and have acquired military equipment shows how dangerous these right-wing extremists are,” said German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. She referred to the group’s early clarification by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
The arrested will be brought before the investigating judge of the German Federal Court on Tuesday and Wednesday, who will decide on pre-trial detention. In Germany alone, more than 450 security forces and police officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office, special units of the Federal Police and the Criminal Investigation Department of the State of Saxony were deployed.
The measures in Austria were implemented by the Directorate of State Protection and Intelligence, in Poland by the Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego.
Source: Krone
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