According to the authorities, an alleged attack by a neo-Nazi group has been foiled in France.
The police took a total of six men and women in Alsace and in the border area with Switzerland into custody, as the justice of the AFP news agency announced.
According to the French news broadcaster BFM-TV, they are said to have planned an attack in eastern France, which may have been directed against a Masonic lodge.
According to the judiciary, two men and a woman between the ages of 29 and 56 were to be brought before a Paris examining magistrate on Friday.
According to the newspaper “Le Parisien”, the police found a copy of Adolf Hitler's propaganda pamphlet “Mein Kampf” and a T-shirt with the portrait of the dictator on it.
Firearms were also found, but apparently a gun license for sport shooting was available for them.
Three other suspects were reportedly released.
The French anti-terrorist prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation into the group in February.
The arrests were made because members of the group were looking for explosives.
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