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Police Still Clearing Vast Remscheid Weapons Cache as Far-Right Lead Is Probed

Authorities say Nazi-era items at the site have triggered a state security inquiry into a possible extremist background.

Overview

  • Forensic teams expect several more days of removal work and are dismantling wall paneling to search for additional hidden compartments after finding secret rooms.
  • Interior Minister Herbert Reul reported 320 long guns, 51 handguns and 38 hand grenades along with mines and anti-tank weapons, with many items confirmed functional by LKA specialists.
  • Bomb-disposal units transported unstable ordnance to a quarry for controlled detonations after initial on-site renders made the area safe.
  • Three suspects aged 34, 37 and 59 are in pretrial detention following court warrants, and a kiosk operator tied to earlier undercover weapons buys faces trial on November 13 on armed drug dealing charges.
  • State security is examining a possible right-wing extremist link after Nazi symbols and uniforms were found, though officials caution the artifacts do not by themselves prove motive.