Overview
- Seven defendants, including Johann G., went on trial at the Higher Regional Court in Dresden over alleged membership or support of a left‑wing criminal group tied to violent attacks in Germany and Budapest, with charges up to attempted murder.
- Judges have set 132 hearing days through 2027; prosecutors cite organized training, a weapons depot, encrypted communications, a cooperating witness and a 3D movement analysis linking a suspect to the 2023 Erfurt assault.
- The BKA and Frankfurt’s cybercrime unit searched homes in NRW, Lower Saxony, Hesse and Saxony‑Anhalt targeting four suspects from a messenger group called “Schweinetreff,” accused of sending hundreds of hoax bomb emails that triggered evacuations and significant costs.
- Investigators say two of the bomb‑threat suspects are juveniles and report no current evidence of political motivation, noting psychological strain on students and staff in affected school incidents.
- In separate cases, a Kempten city worker and his wife were jailed over alleged thefts of parking‑meter coins exceeding €1 million, two suspects in Ascheberg were remanded after a gas‑station robbery linked to car break‑ins, and a 19‑year‑old in Dietzenbach was detained on suspicion of attempted homicide.