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SUBWAYThe Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavarian police took action against a group that was allegedly playing war in Wehrmacht uniforms and prohibited weapons. About 400 police officers, including special forces, searched 17 apartments and a forest for evidence Thursday, police and the prosecutor announced.
19 suspects are being investigated, among other things, on suspicion of violating the War Weapons Control Act, he said. It is said that men and women between the ages of 27 and 77 did not have permits for their meetings or carried weapons.
Suspects released
Investigators seized computers, a variety of weapons, ammunition, parts of uniforms, vehicles, and unconstitutional symbols. Explosives experts examined seized grenades, two detonators were detonated in a controlled manner.
During operations in the Esslingen, Sigmaringen and Rems-Murr districts, trucks were needed to transport the discovered weapons. The experts should now clarify if the weapons are real. According to the police, the investigation was initiated by a reference to a group of armed men in Wehrmacht uniforms who allegedly gathered in a building in the Biberach district.
The suspects were released again. Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) spoke of a “good and hard blow against extremist aspirations.” The background will now be scrutinized very carefully, he announced.
