US EditionGermany charges teens in alleged right-wing extremist group with attempted murder
Seven suspects aged 14 to 21 face charges including attempted murder for arson, bomb attacks, and racist violence aimed at migrants and left-wing targets, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, Germany's federal prosecutor's office charged seven alleged members and one supporter, including teenage defendants, with attempted murder and other offenses.
- Authorities trace the group's origins to when Last Defense Wave portrayed itself as the 'final authority' defending the German nation, prosecutors say it aimed to destabilize Germany's democratic system.
- Federal prosecutors attribute specific attacks to the group, including an arson at a cultural center in Altdöbern, an attempted attack in Schmölln, and plans targeting accommodation in Senftenberg, while police searched 13 properties across Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Hesse with no injuries reported.
- Prosecutors said all but one suspect released in July are in pretrial detention, and some had to appear with parents before the investigating judge at the federal court of justice in Karlsruhe.
- Reported by dpa, the materials reveal plans to 'trigger a race war' and prosecutors accuse members of robberies and beatings causing significant injuries.
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The authorities say they had to attack migrants
Calling themselves the "Last Wave of Defense," they are alleged to have glorified the Nazi era and planned and carried out attacks on migrants and political opponents. Charges have now been filed against eight young defendants.
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Germany charges teens in alleged right-wing extremist group with attempted murder
Germany's federal prosecutor has charged seven alleged members and one supporter of a right-wing extremist group with attempted murder and other offenses.
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der Standard DESeven suspected members and a supporter of the "Last Wave of Defense" have been charged. Furthermore, there are allegations of attempted murder and dangerous assault
Some of the accused are very young, and the Federal Prosecutor's Office allocates three brutal attacks and plots to the group.
Seven suspected terrorists have to go to court. According to the Federal Attorney's Office, they were supposed to have arranged for the murder and wanted to trigger a "racial war".
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