Anti-Neonazi Activists Targeted in Violent New Year's Attack in Jamel

Horst and Birgit Lohmeyer, organizers of a festival opposing right-wing extremism, were attacked with fireworks and Nazi slogans on their property.

In the early hours of New Year's Day, unidentified individuals trespassed on the property of Horst and Birgit Lohmeyer in Jamel, a village known as a hub for neo-Nazi activity.
The attackers launched fireworks at the couple's home while shouting 'Sieg heil,' a Nazi slogan, before fleeing the scene prior to police arrival.
The Lohmeyers, who organize the annual 'Jamel rockt den Förster' festival against right-wing extremism, expressed shock and compared the incident to a 2015 arson attack on their barn.
The village of Jamel, with fewer than 40 residents, has been associated with far-right extremism since the 1990s, including ties to banned neo-Nazi groups like the Hammerskins.
Police have launched an investigation into the attack, but no suspects have been identified so far.