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Position: 08/31/2020 21:10 Uhr – NDR 90.3
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Around 500 supporters of the “Hamburg Red Structure” demonstrated at the Schanzenviertel in Hamburg on Monday evening.
Several hundred people protested a raid against left-wing extremists in Hamburg on Monday night. The protesters moved from the alternative left center Rote Flora through the Schanzenviertel. The participants were accompanied by a strong police presence. He remained friendly until the end of the rally.
“Hamburg red structure” in sight
During a large-scale operation, the police had previously searched numerous apartments in and around Hamburg. A total of 28 search warrants were carried out in cooperation with the Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office, police said. The raid was directed against the group “Roter Aufbau Hamburg”. The main focus of the raid was Hamburg, but apartments and business premises were also searched in Tornesch (Schleswig-Holstein), Stelle (Lower Saxony) and Siegen (North Rhine-Westphalia).
Investigations against 22 defendants
According to the police, a total of more than 200 officers were involved in the raid. They have produced extensive evidence, he said. According to the Hamburg prosecutor’s office, a total of 22 suspects are under investigation. They are accused of forming a criminal organization.
Raid on the “Red Structure of Hamburg”
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08/31/2020 6:00 pm Author: Ingmar Schmidt
The Hamburg police searched more than 20 apartments belonging to members of the left-wing extremist group “Roter Aufbau Hamburg”. Ingmar Schmidt reports.
The group must be responsible for criminal offenses
The group is said to have committed numerous crimes, from property damage on buses and trains to arson at the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg. He is also responsible for the arson attack on private cars by a senior Hamburg police officer four years ago. According to the Public Ministry, its objective is to replace democratic society with a socialist system, including through acts of violence. A spokesperson for the group told Twitter that the raids were the biggest attack on the radical left in recent years.
