Overview
- Lt. Gen. Christian Freuding told the Defence Committee there are about 55 accused, with 18 disciplinary measures imposed, 16 cases sent to prosecutors, and 19 dismissal procedures of which 9 are completed and 4 initiated.
- General Inspector Carsten Breuer condemned the misconduct as unacceptable and contrasted it with the KSK affair, noting an absence of broader subversive structures and allegations focused mainly on lower ranks.
- The Army plans an 'Aktionsplan Luftlandetruppe' by the end of the month to strengthen supervision, leadership and prevention after intensified inquiries within the regiment.
- Civilian and military authorities are engaged in the probes, including the Zweibrücken public prosecutor, military disciplinary attorneys and the Military Counter-Intelligence Service, with some soldiers dismissed and others barred from wearing uniform during investigations.
- Reporting indicates misconduct clustered in the 4th company, described by insiders as dominated by an extremist clique, while politicians pressed for accountability and criticized Defence Minister Boris Pistorius’s absence from the briefing.