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German Police Arrest Five in Raids on Left-Wing Militant Cell

  • German authorities arrested five suspects and searched about 20 properties across Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg, and Bremen in a coordinated operation targeting Kollektiv Zwickau.
  • The investigation involves 12 people aged 18 to 36 who are accused of forming a criminal organization, committing serious assaults, robbery, and disrupting public order.
  • Prosecutors say Kollektiv Zwickau targeted political opponents, right-wing activists, and others through alleged violent street attacks.
  • All five arrested suspects were expected to appear before an examining judge in Dresden, while searches and examinations of electronic devices continued.
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In several federal states, police raids have taken place against alleged left-wing extremist criminal organizations.

·Germany
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The police have searched the homes of suspected left-wing extremists in several federal states. It is about the suspicion of the formation of a criminal association. Five suspects have been arrested.

·Hamburg, Germany
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The state prosecutor's office in Dresden and the state criminal office in Saxony are investigating twelve accused persons who are said to have merged into a group under the name "collective Zwickau".

·Munich, Germany
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Bild broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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