German prosecutors halt probe into KKK group

After spending years investigating a far-right group that sought to determine a German department of the extremist Ku Klux Klan (KKK), German prosecutors stated on Thursday the probe has been dropped.

The case first got here to mild in January 2019 following raids towards members of the group, which referred to as itself the “National Socialist Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Deutschland” — a reputation indicating the group additionally had neo-Nazi roots.

Why was the case closed?

Public prosecutors in Stuttgart opened an investigation into 57 alleged members of the German KKK group in 2019, suspecting them of founding a legal group.

After three years of investigations, nonetheless, authorities weren’t in a position to set up that the group meant to commit crimes “with a degree of certainty necessary for an indictment,” a spokesperson advised the dpa information company.

During police raids throughout Germany, authorities seized over 100 weapons — together with knives, machetes, swords and air weapons. Cell telephones and information storage gadgets have been additionally seized.

The suspected members, who on the time ranged in age from 17 to 59 years previous, have been suspected of glorifying Nazis. In some instances, chats between members confirmed some harbored “violent fantasies.”

Investigators have been unable to definitively show, nonetheless, that the group sought to take motion on their extremist beliefs by committing acts of violence or different crimes, the spokesperson advised dpa.

What occurs subsequent?

While the principle case has been dropped, investigations are nonetheless persevering with into 23 members of the group.

Several are nonetheless suspected of violating Germany’s weapons and drug legal guidelines. Others are going through accusations of incitement and the unlawful use of symbols from anti-constitutional and terrorist teams — doubtless a reference to their use of the banned swastika Nazi image.

What is the KKK?

The KKK has its roots within the United States and is thought for a white-supremacist, racist ideology and violent crime, significantly concentrating on Black and Jewish folks.

The group is effectively referred to as a hate group within the United States, however has not caught on as a mass motion in Germany. Research from latest years, nonetheless, reveals that there are actions by comparable teams in Germany, and the KKK’s symbols are additionally utilized by different far-right and white-supremacist teams in Germany.

rs/sms (dpa, AP)

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