17 February 2020
Members of an extreme-right 'prepper' group have been arrested in Germany - and a police officer is amongst those arrested.
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Police in Germany have arrested twelve men, including one of their own officers, in a nationwide investigation into an extreme-right group suspected of planning attacks on politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims.
The arrests followed raids, some by heavily armed special units, in 13 locations in six German states.
The four prime suspects planned to spark “a civil-war-like situation ... via as yet undefined attacks on politicians, asylum seekers and people of Muslim faith,” federal prosecutors said in a statement.
A further eight suspects were alleged to have agreed to “financially support the group, provide it with weapons or take part in future attacks”."
German police arrest 12 over far-right plot to spark 'civil-war-like situation' (The Guardian, link):
Background and context: Germany: Shadow army or isolated cases? Right-wing structures in the security authorities
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