{"id":49274,"date":"2025-05-21T03:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germany-says-it-broke-up-a-far-right-group-that-planned-attacks-5-people-have-been-arrested\/21\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T03:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:47:23","slug":"germany-says-it-broke-up-a-far-right-group-that-planned-attacks-5-people-have-been-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germany-says-it-broke-up-a-far-right-group-that-planned-attacks-5-people-have-been-arrested\/21\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany says it broke up a far-right group that planned attacks. 5 people have been arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BERLIN (AP) \u2014 German police arrested five people on Wednesday accused of involvement with a far-right group calling itself \u201cLast Defense Wave\u201d that allegedly aimed to destabilize the country&#8217;s democratic system by carrying out <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/magdeburg-germany-racism-migration-ef1896d3b831e6b02a387b7256d78de5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:attacks on migrants and political opponents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">attacks on migrants and political opponents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The early-morning arrests in various parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/germany\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Germany<\/a> were accompanied by searches at 13 properties, federal prosecutors said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four of those arrested \u2014 identified only as Benjamin H., Ben-Maxim H., Lenny M. and Jason R., in line with German privacy rules \u2014 are suspected of membership in a domestic terror organization. The fifth, Jerome M., is accused of supporting the group. Two of the arrested also are accused of attempted murder and aggravated arson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prosecutors said they are also investigating three other people who are already in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the prosecutors, the group was formed in mid-April 2024 or earlier. They said that its members saw themselves as the last resort to defend the \u201cGerman nation\u201d and aimed to bring about the collapse of Germany&#8217;s democratic order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two of the suspects set a fire at a cultural center in Altd\u00f6bern in eastern Germany in October, prosecutors said, adding that several people living in the building at the time escaped injury only by chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In January, another two suspects allegedly broke a window at a home for asylum-seekers in Schm\u00f6lln and tried unsuccessfully to start a blaze by setting off fireworks. They daubed the group&#8217;s initials and slogans such as \u201cForeigners out,\u201d \u201cGermany for the Germans\u201d and \u201cNazi area\u201d on the walls, as well as swastikas, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Also in January, three suspects allegedly planned an arson attack on a home for asylum-seekers in Senftenberg, but it never came about because of the earlier arrests of two of the men.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/germany-says-broke-far-group-070354129.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN (AP) &mdash; German police arrested five people on Wednesday accused of involvement with a far-right group calling itself &ldquo;Last Defense Wave&rdquo;<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germany-says-it-broke-up-a-far-right-group-that-planned-attacks-5-people-have-been-arrested\/21\/05\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/cv\/apiv2\/social\/images\/yahoo_default_logo-1200x1200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}