How could the right-wing terrorists of the NSU remain undisturbed for so long?
In Baden-Württemberg, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has reorganized itself since the cell was blown.
Stuttgart - According to Frank Dittrich from the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, right-wing extremism in Germany has changed massively since the NSU terrorists were exposed ten years ago. "The neo-Nazi scene is different, the skinhead scene as such hardly exists or does not exist at all," said Dittrich, who since October 2020 has headed the newly established, independent department for right-wing extremism / terrorism, Reich citizens and self-administrators in the Stuttgart authority . “The idea of a right in combat boots and with a bald head are a thing of the past. There is no typical appearance like we used to have, where you could still distinguish the neo-Nazi from the skinhead. "
There are no specific indications of a risk of attack from the right for Baden-Württemberg. "But one must certainly continue to assume an abstract danger." The probability that an "NSU 2.0" could develop is given, said Dittrich. “We have been pointing out for years that new groups are constantly emerging. Often starting on the net and then in the real world. ”This is a threat scenario that is very realistic. There is no indication or reason to believe that this is decreasing, on the contrary, said Dittrich.
According to Dittrich, the second NSU investigative committee of the state parliament had recommended, among other things, that Internet processing be massively intensified.
In his department, an independent unit had therefore been created that was exclusively concerned with monitoring right-wing extremist activities on the Internet.
Its employees tried to break into social networks through covert measures and to pursue clarification there.
This was done before, just not with the intensity, said Dittrich.
“We have to be patient.
It is also the search for a needle in a haystack. ”Overall, the protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg has been strengthened with around 30 new jobs in the past two years.
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"Above all, this international activity and carrying out terrorist attacks without having to send a specially trained terrorist cell to a country." Dpa