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Germany charges 4 far-left activists in attacks on neo-Nazis, other extremists
2021-05-29
Boldly continuing the fight that began in the streets of Germany in the 1930s.
[israelTimes] Four far-left activists have been charged in Germany on allegations that they were part of a group involved in a series of attacks on neo-Nazi
...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously and purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both....
s and other right-wing holy warriors over a period of two years, prosecutors said Friday.


Lina E., whose last name was not divulged in line with German privacy laws, is accused of coming up with the idea in 2018 to target far-right individuals based on a "militant extreme-left ideology" and helping to plan the attacks.

Three men, Lennart A., Jannis R. and Jonathan M., are alleged to have joined up with her no later than the end of 2019.

They were based in the eastern city of Leipzig, and most of the attacks came there or in nearby Wurzen, prosecutors said.

Several are alleged to have been involved in a 2020 attack with about 15 or 20 others on a group of six people in the Wurzen train station upon their arrival back from a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Molotov cocktailing of Dresden — an event that attracted many neo-Nazis and other far-right sympathizers. Several victims sustained serious injuries after being punched, kicked and hit with batons, prosecutors said.

All except Lennart A. are accused of an attack in 2019 in the central city of Eisenach, where police say they and about 10 to 15 others stormed a restaurant thought to be a meeting place of the far-right, beating five visitors and the owner with batons and causing serious injuries.

All are charged with causing serious bodily harm and other offenses. Lina E., who faces the most charges, has been in jug since her Nov. 5, 2020 arrest. The others have remained free.

There were no immediate details on when they may stand trial.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  
"Aaand... the leftist gives the Nazi a right hook! His far right friend launches a perfect left sidekick into the right of the leftists face! Yaay! The far leftist with the baton is on the table now, she is leaping to her right as bottles come from the left. There, a haymaker from the left, swung by the right! Wooo! The far-right joins the melee now, with Nils the mute throwing a solid right hook into the left kidney of the far left extremist to his right... !"
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-05-29 13:59  

#3  Joe Stalin gave communists a bad name so they'll call themselves just about anything else: far-left, Antifa, BLM, even Democrats. Pay attention to what they do, not what they call themselves.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-05-29 11:55  

#2  Again, no report on this in Deutsche Welle, which would have called them far left, which they consider a natural part of the political landscape, unlike the unnatural far right.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-05-29 10:42  

#1  Just a note - how few times do you ever see lefty violence described as just that - 'far left'? Doubtful you've seen that from AP or any US news organization for at least a year.
Posted by: Raj   2021-05-29 08:18  

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