After a celebration surrounding the AfD party conference in Greding, Central Franconia in mid-January, at which racist slogans were said to have been chanted, the public prosecutor’s office is investigating four named suspects. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor’s office.
There is suspicion of sedition against three people, and one person is being investigated on suspicion of using the symbols of unconstitutional organizations. It is said that it is still being examined whether the suspects are AfD members.
According to the police, at the event on January 13th in a bar in Greding (Roth district), a group became noticeable, chanting slogans such as “Germany for the Germans, foreigners out” to the melody of the song “L’amour toujours”. should have been. Since then, investigators have been examining a connection with the AfD party conference. According to an earlier police statement, there were indications that the celebrating group were participants in the party conference.
The two AfD members of the state parliament, Benjamin Nolte and Franz Schmid, had previously confirmed that they were there at the Gredingen discotheque. However, both emphasized that they had not chanted any racist slogans. According to reports, they are not among the four suspects who are now known by name. The investigation into the case is ongoing.