German state cracks down on neo-Nazis
BERLIN, AUG 23 (AP/UNB) - More than 900 police officers are searching homes and clubhouses of suspected neo-Nazis in a crackdown in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Three organizations have been banned.
The dapd news organization reported Thursday that some 120 buildings were searched in the raids in Dortmund, Aachen, Dueren and Heinsberg.
Dortmund police spokesman Wolfgang Wieland tells n-tv that authorities found far-right propaganda material, spray paint and other items in the raids, conducted to collect evidence after the state interior ministry banned the three local neo-Nazi organizations.
State Interior Minister Ralf Jaeger says the crackdown has "ripped a big hole in the neo-Nazi network."
The state has seen a rise in far-right crimes this year, and had already conducted widespread raids in April and May.
The dapd news organization reported Thursday that some 120 buildings were searched in the raids in Dortmund, Aachen, Dueren and Heinsberg.
Dortmund police spokesman Wolfgang Wieland tells n-tv that authorities found far-right propaganda material, spray paint and other items in the raids, conducted to collect evidence after the state interior ministry banned the three local neo-Nazi organizations.
State Interior Minister Ralf Jaeger says the crackdown has "ripped a big hole in the neo-Nazi network."
The state has seen a rise in far-right crimes this year, and had already conducted widespread raids in April and May.
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