More than 200 police officers arrive at a meeting of almost 130 men and women in small Hachenburg in the Westerwald. They assume the martial arts of a right-wing extremist small party.
Hachenburg – During a major nighttime raid in the Westerwald, the police broke up a large meeting with a suspected right-wing extremist background. A police spokesman said that night that the officers had recorded the personal details of the almost 130 participants in the event in parts of the so-called barrel factory in Hachenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate. According to the information, the police assume that the right-wing extremist micro-party III. The organizer’s way was. There had previously been evidence of a martial arts event at this location with participants from all over Germany and the Netherlands and “of all ages”. More than 200 officers were on duty.
In principle, the event was “a sporting event in a closed space”, not a matter under assembly law, said the spokesman. Therefore, no registration was necessary. According to the information, a possible right-wing extremist background is being investigated.
There were no arrests. There was no resistance when the personal details were established, said the spokesman. It is being examined whether there have been any violations, such as the use of unconstitutional license plates. The police had cordoned off the area and illuminated it with headlights.
The spokesman went on to say that there was a “place for martial arts representation” at the meeting. It can be assumed that “the common ideology should be strengthened,” he said. When it comes to martial arts, things should perhaps be “a little more intense”.
“National Socialist, anti-Semitic and racist”
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution writes in its latest report on III. The small party was founded in 2013 and now has around 800 members or supporters. Their ideological statements are “National Socialist, anti-Semitic and racist.” The rejection of the democratic constitutional state is clearly expressed in his political agitation, especially on the “issues of asylum and immigration, which are presented with aggressive rhetoric”. The III. Weg has long been the focus of the Rhineland-Palatinate Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
According to the Rhineland-Palatinate Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Fassfabrik event location is a right-wing hub in the Westerwald. The III. Weg conducts “self-defense training” there at regular intervals. There are also “pub evenings” in conjunction with martial arts events for networking with other right-wing extremist actors. dpa
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