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reSaxon police unearthed a cache of weapons containing ammunition and explosives from a Bundeswehr command and arrested the man. The raid on the private land of the man who is a member of the Special Forces Command (KSK) was carried out after a warning from the Military Shield Service (MAD), which had the man in sight, authorities said. In recent years there has been an accumulation of right-wing extremist events in the KSK.
MAD had been looking at the man since 2017, the Defense Ministry announced to Bundestag officials on Wednesday. Earlier this year, the service was informed that the sergeant-in-chief had allegedly created a weapons and ammunition cache on his private property. Wednesday morning there were “executive measures,” he said in the classified information, which was available to the German Press Agency in Berlin.
Was the soldier part of a network?
“So far, ammunition, explosives and weapons have been secured,” he said. Searches are still ongoing. “The soldier in question has been arrested and is currently being questioned by the responsible authorities.” It was particularly important to clarify where the weapons, ammunition, and explosives came from.
The Office of the Prosecutor General in Dresden announced that there were search measures for violating the Law on Control of Weapons of War, where the Central Office for Extremism in Saxony is conducting the investigation. Officials from the Soko Rex of the Saxon State Criminal Police Office, the Leipzig Police Directorate and the Saxon Riot Police searched “the residential property of a 45-year-old German suspect in the northern district of Saxony”.
“It is clear to me that no one who stands out in our armed forces in a radical way has a place in the Bundeswehr,” said the Defense Minister. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. There will be close cooperation in future investigations into the case. He also called for “further investigation of possible networks.”
Each case will be followed “with hardness and consistency”. “That is why I very much appreciate the success of the investigation carried out by MAD and the authorities in Saxony. Close cooperation has been demonstrated and will continue to combat extremism in the Bundeswehr,” said the head of the CDU. “We will initiate disciplinary investigations against the suspected soldier, who has been the focus of MAD’s attention for a long time. He will no longer wear a uniform and will no longer be allowed to enter the Bundeswehr property. “
Second acute case
The MAD recently had its efforts to expose extremists in the ranks of the Bundeswehr strengthened. After criticism from politics and the media, the news service revised its “toolbox” to sharpen the view to the right. 400 new posts were scheduled. With constitutional protector Burkhard Even now there is a civilian vice president.
Last year the MAD exposed 14 extremists (“Red” category): eight right-wing extremists, four Islamists and two so-called Reich citizens / self-administrators who deny the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany as a state. In addition, 38 suspects were found to lack constitutional loyalty (“Orange” category): 27 right-wing extremists, four Islamists, three Reich citizens / self-managers, three from the field of foreign political extremism, and one left-wing extremist.
The Defense Ministry informed officials on Wednesday of a second current case “in the area of right-wing extremism,” in which a former command soldier is under investigation. The field sergeant is currently deployed to the United States and has now been classified as a right-wing extremist with ties to the “Identity Movement.” He will be “immediately returned to Germany”, where disciplinary investigations are pending. The intention is to temporarily remove you from service and prohibit the use of uniforms.
