Violent far-right extremist groups on the rise in Germany
Violent far-right extremist groups on the rise in Germany
Jonathon Gatehouse · CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/national-today-newsletter-germany-extremists-at-issue-china-icebergs-1.5192680
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Germany's intelligence service, the BfV, published an annual report today estimating that there are now 24,100 right-wing extremists in Germany, 12,700 of whom are classified as "violence-oriented." Last year, the service catalogued 48 "extreme acts" of right-wing violence — 20 more than the year before — including six attempted murders.
Seehofer says that the risk of more attacks "is high."
And earlier this week, German prosecutors formally charged eight men who had been detained since October, accused of forming a far-right terror cell in the eastern city of Chemnitz. The men, aged between 21 and 31, were reportedly attempting to buy semi-automatic weapons with an eye to carrying out an attack in Berlin that they hoped to blame on left-wing groups, thereby buoying the fortunes of populist and anti-immigrant parties.
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Angela Merkel's government is vowing to devote more police and money to the fight against far-right extremism in Germany, with the chancellor saying that the battle must be waged "without any taboo."
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