Overview

• A witness alerted Polizei Stralsund on July 12 after a stag party in the Old Town allegedly chanted anti-constitutional slogans.
• Officers detained twelve men aged 25 to 56 for identity checks and delivered a Gefährderansprache before releasing them.
• The Staatsschutz has opened proceedings on suspicion of using symbols of extremist organizations under Germany’s criminal code.
• Authorities are appealing to any additional witnesses to come forward with information about the incident.
• The case comes amid heightened vigilance following a string of low-level right-wing extremist incidents across Germany this summer.