{"id":119203,"date":"2025-05-21T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119203\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:31:13","slug":"5-members-of-far-right-terror-group-arrested-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119203\/","title":{"rendered":"5 members of far-right terror group arrested in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BERLIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>German authorities arrested five suspected members of a far-right terrorist group, called \u201cLast Wave of Defense,\u201d in coordinated raids across several cities, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, identified only by their first names due to German privacy laws, were arrested in the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Hesse. The group&#8217;s alleged leaders \u2014 Benjamin H., Lenny M. and Jason R. \u2014 are accused of planning violent attacks against migrants and political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe members of this group see themselves as the last line of defense for the German nation,\u201d federal prosecutors said in a statement. \u201cTheir goal was to cause the collapse of the democratic system in Germany through violent acts, particularly targeting migrants and political opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors detailed several attacks carried out by the group, including an arson attack on a cultural center in Altdobern in October 2024. The building was occupied by several people who escaped injury by chance.<\/p>\n<p>In another incident in January 2025, two members attempted to set fire to a refugee shelter in Schmolln, according to prosecutors, spraying Nazi symbols and slogans including \u201cforeigners out\u201d and \u201cGermany for Germans\u201d on the walls.<\/p>\n<p>The group was also suspected of planning an attack on another refugee shelter in Senftenberg, with members procuring explosive devices from the neighboring Czech Republic before their arrests.<\/p>\n<p>More than 220 police officers participated in Wednesday&#8217;s operation, which included searches at 13 locations across five German states.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests come amid growing concerns about far-right extremism in Germany. The suspects will appear before a federal judge who will decide on their pre-trial detention.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN German authorities arrested five suspected members of a far-right terrorist group, called \u201cLast Wave of Defense,\u201d in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[5340,2000,299,1105,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-119203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-far-right","12":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114544658695729063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}