German police arrest 8 suspected members of a far-right militant group
Police in Germany arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization early Tuesday, Germany’s public prosecutor said.
Police in Germany arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization early Tuesday, Germany’s public prosecutor said.
The suspects, some of them minors and adolescents, were allegedly part of a group of around 15-20 individuals called Sächsische Separatisten, or Saxonian Separatists, that is characterized by racist, antisemitic and partially apocalyptic ideas, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
“Its members are united in a profound rejection of the liberal democratic order and believe that Germany is nearing ‘collapse,’” the statement said.
It said the group plotted to seize power in Saxony and potentially other eastern German states “to establish governmental and societal structures inspired by National Socialism.”
“If necessary, unwanted groups of people are supposed to be removed from the area by means of ethnic cleansing,” the prosecutor said.
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