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"Nuclear Weapons Division": Investigators blow up suspected neo

2022-04-06T06:08:27.809Z


According to SPIEGEL information, hundreds of police officers in eleven federal states are taking action against suspected members of the "Nuclear Weapons Division". Among the 50 accused right-wing extremists is a Bundeswehr sergeant.


It is the biggest blow against the militant neo-Nazi scene in the recent past: According to SPIEGEL information, officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) have been searching the homes of 50 accused right-wing extremists in eleven federal states on behalf of the Federal Public Prosecutor since the early hours of the morning.

In total, the police stormed 61 objects.

A spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor said on request that four suspects had been arrested.

The investigations are divided into a total of five individual procedures and are aimed at the supporters of a branched neo-Nazi network.

Some of the accused are accused of attempting to form a terrorist organization or supporting it, and others of membership in a criminal organization.

Another part is accused of continuing to run a neo-Nazi club despite an official ban.

According to SPIEGEL information, one of the suspects is an active soldier in the Bundeswehr with the rank of non-commissioned officer.

Attack plans with assault rifle

The action by the security authorities is directed, among other things, against suspected members of the »Nuclear Weapons Division« (AWD) and an ideologically related sub-group.

The right-wing terrorist neo-Nazi network originated in the USA and was founded in 2015 by young racists with an affinity for the internet.

The local authorities are now accusing AWD supporters of five murders.

According to the security authorities, right-wing extremists established an AWD branch in Germany in 2018.

Leaflets from the neo-Nazi cell appeared in several cities.

A year later, the Federal Public Prosecutor commissioned the BKA to conduct investigations.

As early as spring 2020, the Bavarian police arrested a 22-year-old electronics technician on suspicion of terrorism.

As the Nuremberg District Court later determined, the neo-Nazi had planned an attack on a "place of worship", presumably a mosque, using an assault rifle.

According to a spokeswoman, the federal prosecutor's office is investigating ten suspects in connection with AWD Germany. Five of them and one other witness were searched today.

The years of secret investigations conducted by the BKA-Soko "Kern" led to the exposure of a large number of suspected members and supporters of the "Atomic Weapons Division".

One of the suspects is former officer cadet Chris Marvin C. According to SPIEGEL information, C., 26, served, among other things, with the armored forces in Munster, Lower Saxony.

The Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) observed the soldier, but was unable to prevent C. from having constant access to weapons and ammunition.

"Combat 18" presumably still active

The investigations also revealed alleged cross-connections between the AWD milieu and the established neo-Nazi scene in Germany.

According to SPIEGEL information, the neo-Nazi Leon R. in Thuringia is among the accused of the Attorney General. State security officials count him with the extreme right-wing martial arts group "Knockout 51," which is held responsible for attacks on leftists and police officers.

In the course of his investigations, the Federal Public Prosecutor classified the group as a criminal organization.

This Wednesday, Leon R. and three other suspected "Knockout 51" members were arrested.

According to the federal prosecutor, they are accused of trying to establish a kind of "Nazi neighborhood" in Eisenach.

There they would have wanted to act as a »regulatory power« and committed several bodily harm.

In some cases, the accused were also noticed through violent actions during protests against corona measures.

Leon R. is also accused of being a member of the AWD.

Also accused in the proceedings of Soko "Kern" are several alleged ringleaders of the association "Combat 18", which was banned two years ago.

It is considered a militant wing of the banned neo-Nazi network Blood & Honor.

The Attorney General accuses several right-wing extremists led by Stanley R. and Robin S. of recruiting new members despite the ban.

In this complex, the Federal Public Prosecutor is investigating a total of 21 suspects.

Source: spiegel

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