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Raid for anti-Semitic crimes in Bavaria
During the raid during the “Day of Action PLUS against Anti-Semitism,” various objects throughout Bavaria were searched. photo
© Peter Kneffel/dpa
Since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, anti-Semitism has also become increasingly widespread in this country. Authorities have now launched coordinated raids against the spread of hatred of Jews.
The Bavarian prosecutors will be there on Tuesday Raids were carried out in ten cities and districts against suspected anti-Semites. In the morning, police and public prosecutors searched the apartments and premises of a total of 17 suspects who are said to have spread hatred of Jews.
According to the LKA, these are two women and fifteen men between the ages of 18 and 62. They are said to have made hate speech on social networks, used the symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations or approved crimes. The investigators questioned the accused and confiscated, among other things, cell phones and laptops. Initially there was talk of 20 defendants.
“Gas the Jews”
The criminal proceedings primarily concern statements made after the attack on Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7th. The LKA spoke of a “Day of Action Plus against anti-Semitism”.
One suspect is said to have sent a sticker in a class chat with the signature “Gas the Jews”, another is said to have posted a picture of Hitler online with a reference to the Holocaust, and a third is also said to have written online that Jews deserved to be exterminated .
The focus of the raids was the city and district of Munich, where the authorities looked at nine suspects and searched the same number of objects. There were further searches in Füssen and Kaufbeuren as well as in the districts of Passau, Fürstenfeldbruck, Berchtesgadener Land, Coburg, Aschaffenburg and Haßberge.