Overview

• Police searched 13 properties in Lower Saxony, Baden‑Württemberg and North Rhine‑Westphalia, including the Hanover region, Hildesheim city and district, Pforzheim district and Lippe district.
• Eight suspects aged 32 to 57 are under investigation on suspicion of forming and participating in an ideologically motivated armed grouping.
• Authorities say four of the accused are suspected of illegal possession of war weapons and other fully automatic firearms.
• Specialized police units took part in the coordinated action, which officials said was still ongoing at the time of reporting.
• The probe builds on an April seizure in which Lower Saxony investigators confiscated a pistol and ammunition from one suspect.