Trial of neo-Nazi gang accused of planning attacks on asylum seekers sparks fears of a rise in far-right violence in Germany
The trial of a group of neo-Nazis sparks fear of a rise in far-right attacks
‘Old School Society’ gang accused of planning attack on asylum seekers
The gang’s choice of weapon was modified ‘nail bombs’, which they were planning to hurl into a refugee home, said the prosecutor
By TOM WYKE
DailyMail.com
1 May 2016
The trial of a group of neo-Nazis who are accused of planning attacks against asylum seekers has sparks concerns of a rise in far-right attacks in Germany.
Known as the ‘Old School Society’, the gang went on trial on Wednesday in Germany charged with forming a terror group that planned attacks against an asylum seeker home.
The four suspects – three men and a 23-year-old woman identified as Denise Vanessa G. – were arrested last May.
They were seized just two days before they allegedly planned to strike at a migrant shelter in the eastern state of Saxony.
The gang’s choice of weapon was modified ‘pyrotechnic explosives, particularly in the form of fire and nail bombs’, which they were planning to hurl into a refugee home, said the prosecutor.
The group had therefore ‘accepted that people could be killed,’ chief prosecutor Joern Hauschild told the court.
In the dock on Wednesday, co-accused Andreas Thomas H., 57, looked on with a smile, while the heavily tattooed Markus W., 30, glanced around the room mockingly.
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