Germany vows to punish its troops if allegations of incident in Lithuania are confirmed



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“Whatever happens is not acceptable,” said Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.

The accused military officers will be “tried and resolutely punished” if these accusations are confirmed, the minister added.

Germany is investigating an incident between German soldiers in Lithuania, when, according to the country’s media, anti-Semitic songs were chanted and sexual harassment was suspected during the party, Captain Rūta Montvilė, spokesperson for the Lithuanian Armed Forces commander, told BNS on Tuesday.

According to the website of the weekly “Der Spiegel” on Monday, the incident in Lithuania between intoxicated German soldiers could have occurred in April, during a party in a hotel.

One participant also tried to use sexual violence against another soldier who was sleeping at the time. The scene was filmed, Der Spiegel wrote.

Three soldiers from the contingent stationed in Lithuania were dispatched and an investigation is underway to identify other suspects, according to the report.

Accusations of right-wing extremism within their ranks have been repeatedly voiced to the German armed forces.

Kramp-Karrenbauer last year ordered the partial dissolution of the KSK’s special forces due to reports in recent years that some of its members were sympathetic to neo-Nazis.

1.2 thousand members of the NATO Front Forces Battalion are serving in Lithuania. soldiers, mostly German.



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