Two other suspects in the Cupboard around Matthias Corner are said to have had contacts with the extreme right-wing scene. According to research by South German newspaper (SZ), NDR and WDR, the suspected perpetrators are said to have ties to the young, extreme right-wing group ‘Elblandrevolte’. This is considered the successor to the regional NPD youth organization “Young Nationalists”.
Police and prosecutors accuse four young Germans aged 17 and 18 attack to have committed. The background is still unclear, but from the beginning there was a suspicion of a right-wing extremist motive. That should be the case one of the 17-year-olds has connections with the right-wing extremist environment to have.
German flags, eagle emojis, NSDAP jerseys
The young people are said to have shared right-wing extremist views on their social media channels. The majority of the profiles of the members of the “Elbland Revolt” can only be viewed by private contacts. However, profile descriptions often feature German flags and eagle emojis. For example, tagged accounts show a young person wearing a sweater with the words NSDAP and an imperial eagle, she writes. ZZ.
According to media reports, a suspect can also be seen in photos showing him at an AfD rally on Dresden’s Neumarkt on May 1. He previously walked behind a banner of the right-wing extremist small party ‘Free Saxony’.
According to observers, the Elbland Uprising had ten members. According to the Saxon newspaper In mid-April, the group called for a vigil in Bautzen, which resulted in one violent confrontation came. A witness told the newspaper that the youths then attacked people on a train. According to a spokesperson, the National Criminal Investigation Department is currently investigating whether the four suspects were part of the group at the time. According to media reports, at least one of them was present.
The Ministers of the Interior want to draw conclusions
Ecke, the Saxon SPD’s leading candidate for the European elections, was present on Friday evening knocked down and seriously injured in Dresden been. The case surrounding Matthias Ecke is not the only report of attacks on campaign workers. The group responsible is said to have previously attacked a 28-year-old who was putting up election posters for the Greens. The attack on Ecke caused outrage, but at the same time sparked a wave of solidarity.
After the attack, federal and state interior ministers called for a swift response from the judiciary and consideration of tightening criminal laws. Attacks on officials or election campaigners endanger democracy, said the chairman of the Conference of Ministers of the Interior (IMK), Brandenburg branch head Michael Stübgen (CDU). Federal Interior Minister Faeser said perpetrators must feel “the full rigor of the rule of law” through speedy procedures.
Two other suspects in the Cupboard around Matthias Corner are said to have had contacts with the extreme right-wing scene. According to research by South German newspaper (SZ), NDR and WDR, the suspected perpetrators are said to have ties to the young, far-right group ‘Elblandrevolte’. This is considered the successor to the regional NPD youth organization “Young Nationalists”.
Police and prosecutors accuse four young Germans aged 17 and 18 attack to have committed. The background is still unclear, but from the beginning there was a suspicion of a right-wing extremist motive. That should be the case one of the 17-year-olds has connections with the right-wing extremist environment to have.