Overview
- The Aschersleben district court on February 24 issued a second acquittal in the Volksverhetzung case tied to Detlef Gürth’s suspended X post.
- Judge Christian Häntschel found the wording targeted criminal Afghan offenders rather than Afghan residents in general and did not constitute incitement to hatred.
- Prosecutors had sought a four-month suspended sentence, arguing the post violated the dignity of all Afghans living in Germany.
- The message, posted after the June 2024 Wolmirstedt knife attack, included the line “Dieses Pack muss raus aus Deutschland” and was later suspended on X.
- The ruling follows an €18,000 penal order, a 2025 acquittal and a remand from the Naumburg higher regional court, and the decision is not yet final with prosecutors undecided on a further challenge.