Overview

• On May 26 and 27, three men aged 18 to 21 appeared before an investigative judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, where new arrest warrants were issued and enforced.
• Prosecutors accuse the suspects of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist organization ‘Letzte Verteidigungswelle’, which aims to defend the “German Nation” by dismantling democratic institutions.
• Two of the men are alleged to have attempted to set fire to an asylum seeker home in Schmölln, Thuringia, vandalizing it with Nazi slogans, symbols and salutes.
• Investigators say three group members planned a bombing attack on a Senftenberg asylum center using improvised explosives, but the plot was foiled by earlier February arrests.
• Last week’s nationwide raids resulted in the detention of five juveniles in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and Hesse and searches across five states, reflecting an intensified federal crackdown.