North Rhine-Westphalia
Right-wing extremist chats? Investigations against eight police officers
According to the Recklinghausen police headquarters, discriminatory and inhumane content was also spread in the chats. photo
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They are said to have exchanged Nazi symbols in chats and spread discriminatory and inhumane content – investigations are currently underway against several police officers in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” had previously reported that the investigation into right-wing extremist police chats had now been expanded to include eight officers from the Recklinghausen, Kleve and Borken police authorities.
At the beginning of August, five young police officers in North Rhine-Westphalia were investigated. They were suspected of exchanging Nazi symbols during their training in Chats. According to the Essen public prosecutor’s office at the time, the five officers were also suspected of possessing a video that fell into the area of child pornography. The accused’s private rooms and workplaces were searched.
Some of the accused were still in training at the time of the crime
According to previous information, the allegations relate to a period in which the men were still in training. Three worked at the Recklinghausen police headquarters and one each at the police authorities in Kleve and Borken. According to the Recklinghausen police headquarters, discriminatory and inhumane content was also spread in the chats. The three officials from Recklinghausen were forbidden from conducting official business. This is also said to have been the case with the police officer from Borken.
The spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office did not comment on the three additional defendants on Thursday.