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Neo-Nazis may have stolen army TNT

Investigators looking into the neo-Nazi terrorist group based in Thuringia are worried that far-right extremists may be in possession of the remaining 38 kilos (83.8 pounds) of TNT stolen from the German army’s storage unit in the area.

Published: 27 November 2011 10:52 CET
Neo-Nazis may have stolen army TNT
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Authorities have already determined that pipe bombs, found in a garage rented by Beate Zschäpe, were built with TNT stolen in 1991 from the army depot in Großeutersdorf, a small town in Thuringia, according to a report from Bild am Sonntag.

Zschäpe, now in custody, was a member of the so-called National Socialist Underground, a neo-Nazi terror group suspected of murdering at least 10 people.

Investigators now think that the remaining explosives may be in the hands of the neo-Nazis. Federal authorities are investigating whether a nail bomb that exploded in Cologne in 2004 was made with the stolen material.

Andre E., a suspect in the crimes, was asked about this immediately after his arrest on Thursday, but refused to speak, the newspaper said.

DAPD/The Local/mw

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Germany arrests seven suspected members of IS fundraising network

German prosecutors said Wednesday they had arrested seven people accused of collecting money to send to the Islamic State group in Syria.

Published: 31 May 2023 10:50 CEST
Germany arrests seven suspected members of IS fundraising network

The four Germans, a German-Moroccan dual national, one Kosovar and a Turkish citizen, were accused of belonging “to an international network that supported the terrorist activities of the Islamic State in Syria through financial donations”, the federal prosecutor’s office said.

Starting in 2020, the group used the Telegram messaging service to appeal for contributions, prosecutors said.

Their network included financial intermediaries who “collected money or set up accounts” for the donations.

From these accounts the money was transferred to IS members in Syria or to designated middlemen.

The funds were used to support IS members detained in northern Syrian camps and in some cases helped finance their escape, prosecutors said.

In total, €65,000 were collected through the network.

The seven suspects were said to have acted as financial intermediaries and played a “central role” in the fundraising group, prosecutors said.

The arrests were part of a nationwide swoop against people who had made donations to IS via the group.

Over 1,000 police officers searched over 90 properties across Germany on Wednesday.

READ ALSO: Islamic State returnees ‘will not face arrest in Germany’

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