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According to Nehammer, the military equipment was destined for the right-wing extremist scene in Germany “to establish a right-wing militia.”
2.36 pm, December 12, 2020
Automatic weapons, explosives and hand grenades. for the possible construction of a “far-right militia” in Germany They were found during house searches on the Austrian neo-Nazi scene in recent days. That was the Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) announced on Saturday at a press conference. There were five arrests The main suspect is an officially known and previously convicted 53-year-old Austrian who is said to have started trading with accomplices.
However, the strike against the scene on the right was preceded by investigations in the field of crimes of addictive substances by the Vienna State Criminal Police Office (LKA). What was later found was “a network showing connections between the far-right sector and organized crime,” Nehammer said, although the far-right network was active mainly in Germany. State criminal investigation offices in Bayern and North Rhine-Westphalia Therefore, they also participated, the interior minister said. Informed circles told the APA that an interaction of Austrian right-wing extremists and Germans Biker groups A background. Ironically, the main Austrian suspect is said to have already served a prison sentence and organized the arms trade during his open-air visits.
Michael Mimra, The LKA deputy director named October 2020 as the beginning of the official acts: commercial drug trafficking in the context of organized crime led to the 53-year-old main suspect, who is said to have tackled the arms trade “on a large scale “. Last Wednesday the first of a total of five house searches was carried out in Austria: 25 semi-automatic and fully automatic weapons were seized: the proceeds of the drugs were used to transport submachine guns of the “Uzi, AK47, Scorpion-MP and rifles assault and ammunition, “Mimra explained. The planned large dimensions were confirmed on Thursday when a container with more weapons, ammunition and explosives and other objects was seized; yesterday Friday, they were in a warehouse in Lower Austria. 100,000 rounds of ammunition and numerous long guns he found.
In Germany came “parallel to that two arrests and ensure a large amount of addictive substances in the kilogram range, “explained Mimra. The origin of the weapons, a total of 76 automatic or semi-automatic weapons, 14 pistols and ammunition, some of which are already packed for transport, now is part of the Further Investigations. Among other things, explosives such as TNT or hexogenous explosives, cash and a vast collection of Wehrmacht items, weapon holders and rifle headlamps were also seized. Now all items must be examined by a Forensic, for example, if the weapons have already been used in other crimes they have started first, “Mimra said.
No specific names or locations were given, but according to Nehammer “names from the neo-Nazi scene, unfortunately also known in Austria for a long time” are among the suspects; one of them also made statements pointing towards the planned establishment of a right-wing militia. we went. As for drugs, that’s the name of Mimra Amphetamines, cocaine, but also marijuana and small amounts of heroin. Nehammer added that it is known on the Islamist terror scene to be financed through drug trafficking: “This model of terror is obviously also followed by far-right terrorism.”
Given the size of what was confiscated, Nehammer discovered that there were still too many weapons in circulation; additional measures would have to be taken. In addition, there is a close network of the neo-Nazi scene with newer groups such as Reich citizens – on the part of the authorities, a link between police investigations and the intelligence service is necessary, which is also used in the reform of Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BVT) take into account.
The spokesperson for the Greens against right-wing extremism, Olga Voglauer, He affirmed in relation to this case that the “National Action Plan against Right-wing Extremism” is urgent “to be able to take systematic actions against far-right and neo-national socialist networks. ÖVP security spokesman Karl Mahrer spoke of a “successful investigation that clearly shows” the incredible scale of this investigation, which is still in its infancy.
