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Trial against alleged right-wing extremists for arms trafficking
A trial against alleged right-wing extremists who are said to have procured weapons of war from the former Yugoslavia on a large scale begins at the Munich I Regional Court. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
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Pistols, pump guns, Uzis and Kalashnikovs: suspected right-wing extremists are said to have obtained weapons from the Balkan wars in Croatia and brought them to Germany. Now they are in court.
Weapons of war in the trunk: The trial against three suspected right-wing extremists, who are said to have traded weapons from the Balkan wars and also procured them themselves, begins at the Munich I District Court.
It’s about pistols, pump shotguns, Uzis and Kalashnikovs. At least between 2015 and 2018, the transactions with the banned weapons of war are said to have taken place – in the homes of the accused, in Croatia or in a parking lot in Tuntenhausen, Upper Bavaria.
The three men, aged 45 to 49, are accused of, among other things, illegally importing weapons of war into Germany. The weapons were presumably intended for members of the right-wing extremist scene.
members of the right-wing scene
The Munich public prosecutor’s office originally accused eight suspected right-wing extremists of illegal arms trafficking. A spokesman for the indictment authority said it was members of the right-wing scene with links to the NPD, to so-called Reich citizens and to the AfD. Some of them are said to also belong to the Pegida movement.
However, the proceedings against the eight accused were separated, as a spokesman for the regional court said. In addition to this one at the Greater Criminal Chamber of the Regional Court, there is another one with four accused before the youth chamber. A third case ended up before the district court in Munich. It is about a former employee of AfD member of parliament Petr Bystron, who according to the indictment is said to be involved in the arms trade. Bystron declined to comment on the process when asked.