Overview

• Police searched five residences tied to men aged 19 to 30 suspected of belonging to the group known as “weserems.aktion.”
• Officers confiscated knives, machetes, daggers, brass knuckles, telescopic batons, data storage devices and propaganda material.
• Bremen’s domestic intelligence service classifies the grouping as neo-Nazi, and state security had monitored the suspects for some time.
• Investigators say the group’s activities were aimed at provoking the local left-wing extremist milieu.
• Officials said the operation sought to gather further findings and prevent anticipated crimes, and Interior Senator Ulrich Mäurer praised the police–intelligence cooperation.