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Right-wing extremist violence Authorities warn of the "threat potential" of right-wing extremists
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Last year, the number of right-wing extremist violence has decreased. This goes hand in hand with a decrease in the number of refugees. Meanwhile, the authorities are preparing a new tactic.
D The number of violent acts motivated by right-wing extremists has declined significantly over the past year, according to official figures. Nevertheless, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warns against a "still high danger potential" from right-wing extremists, as the newspapers report to Funke Mediengruppe (Freitag)
. The number of criminal fires alleged by right-wing extremists decreased by about 60%, violent acts against shelters by about 70%, as evidenced by the federal government's response to the request of the leftist parliamentary group
. Scene suspected the protection of the Constitution to the newspapers "and the constant condemnation of many courts in the corresponding violent acts with high prison terms for the perpetrators." The number of refugees arriving in Germany has decreased significantly in 2017.
Networks in Europe have intensified
Nevertheless, the protection of the Constitution prevents the networking and cooperation of right-wing extremists in Europe have "intensified recently". As a result, neo-Nazis from Italy, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia participated in right-wing concerts in Germany. German right-wing radicals participated in neo-Nazi marches in Athens, Budapest and Sofia, according to the report
Last year, the Federal Office of Criminal Police recorded 13 alleged violations of the law. right-wing extremists of the law on explosives. In eight other cases, there were "explosive provocation" crimes that also returned to the right-wing scene, as it was called.
In the first half of 2018, 74 attacks took place. The authorities have a radical right-wing background. Statistically, this means almost every other day such an attack, reports the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (Friday), citing provisional figures from the Federal Office of Criminal Police.
In most cases, it was material damage, graffiti, and propaganda. but also raids and violent crimes. While in the first half of 2016, more than 700 attacks were reported in the country, there were about 170 in the first half of 2017.
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