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The German North Rhine-Westphalia police have raided colleagues suspected of spreading Nazi propaganda. Stock Photography.
On Wednesday, more than 200 police officers raided colleagues in western Germany who are suspected of spreading Nazi propaganda. The attacks mark the third time in a short time that sympathies for white power have been revealed within the police or military.
The attacks in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia targeted 34 police stations and several designated police residences.
The alleged police officers are accused of having shared Nazi images in groups on the messaging service WhatsApp, including images depicting swastikas, Adolf Hitler and illustrations of refugees in gas chambers.
A total of 29 police officers have been fired pending an investigation.
– It blackens the image of the police throughout Germany and is a slap in the face to the police who, despite difficult circumstances, show every day their great loyalty to the festive and democratic society, says Interior Ministry spokesman Steve Alter.
The raids in North Rhine-Westphalia mark the third time in a short time that supporters of white power have been revealed to have ties to the police and military.
In June, the Defense Ministry decided to disband parts of the elite KSK unit after an investigation pointed to Nazi sympathies.
In July, a former police officer and his wife were arrested on suspicion of sending threatening letters to politicians and others, signed with the signature “NSU 2.0”. Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund, NSU, was the name of a Nazi group that carried out at least ten murders during the years 2000-2007.
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