BAccording to a report, more weapons than previously known were seized during the major raid against a suspected terrorist group from the Reichsbürger scene. A total of 93 weapons were confiscated, reported the “Welt” on Monday evening, citing participants in a non-public special session of the Bundestag’s Interior Committee. These included 19 handguns and 25 long guns. Knives, crossbows, decorative weapons and blank pistols were also found. According to the report, there are also around 200 legal weapons from an arms dealer who is also one of the suspects.
The participants in the meeting were informed by the Attorney General, the Ministry of the Interior, the Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution that the group’s plans went so far that there should be “cleansing” at the municipal level, the “Welt” reported ” further. They should therefore meet mayors, for example.
More than 50 suspects
On Wednesday, the police and the federal prosecutor’s office with several thousand forces took action nationwide against a suspected terrorist network of Reich citizens who are said to have planned a violent overthrow. There are more than 50 accused; Among the suspects are also an active soldier and reservists of the Bundeswehr as well as the former AfD member of parliament and Berlin judge Birgit Malsack-Winkemann.
In view of the allegations, the Bundestag Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces called for more speed and ambition in the fight against right-wing extremism in the Bundeswehr. “Violations must be consistently prosecuted and punished under service law and criminal law. That has to happen quickly,” said SPD politician Eva Högl (SPD) to the editorial network Germany.
Högl said the trials against suspected extremist soldiers were too lengthy. “At the moment, the procedures are taking far too long, often years in the military service courts. Around a quarter of the judges’ positions have not been filled for years.” And the military disciplinary attorney’s office, which conducts the proceedings, must also have more staff. In addition, according to her, there is still an amendment to the Soldiers’ Act with the aim of enabling the dismissal of temporary soldiers in the future even after more than four years.
