[The Local de] On Monday, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office arrested six men in Saxony and Bavaria on suspicion of forming an armed right-wing terrorist organization.
The suspects, men aged 20-31, were "pursuing a revolutionary goal based on their right-wing extremist convictions," in which they were planning violent and armed attacks on foreigners and political dissidents, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
They had allegedly planned for a violent attack to take place on German Reunification Day on Wednesday.
According to the authorities, several apartments and other premises in Saxony are being searched, and more than 100 Saxony police officers are involved in the operation.
The six arrested Germans are suspected, among other things, of having founded a right-wing terrorist organization called the Chemnitz Revolution together with 31-year-old Christian K, who was already arrested by the public prosecutor’s office on September 14th. They are also suspected of having tried to purchase semi-automatic weapons.
The investigators also accuse the suspects of a racist attack on the Schlossteich island in Chemnitz. On September 14th, Christian K. and Sten E., Martin H., Marcel W. and Sven W. - armed with glass bottles, quartz gloves and an electrical impulse device - are said to have attacked and injured several migrants. They acted together with violent supporters of other right-wing extremists groups. |