NSU 2.0:It all started with a fax
Because of queries on police computers in Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden and Berlin, the police came under great pressure.
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Between August 2018 and March 2020, politicians and other public figures received threatening letters signed “NSU 2.0”. Now the public prosecutor is bringing charges against the alleged perpetrator. A chronology.
By Ramona Dinauer, Kathrin Müller-Lancé and Nadja Tausche
At least 115 threatening letters in three years were sent to public figures as of August 2018. Each of these letters was signed “NSU 2.0”. A signature that is supposed to remind of the right-wing terrorist group NSU.
The letters received not only nasty insults and death threats, but often also information that was not publicly available, such as private residential addresses. Initially, the investigation led into the ranks of the police themselves. The suspicion: The sensitive data are said to have been accessed by police computers. But now the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office is bringing charges against a man who is not a police officer and has never been a police officer. A chronology of events.