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Nine German Cops Accused of Right-Wing Extremism

By Oisin Sweeney • Published: 24 Nov 2020 • 20:55

GERMAN police have raided the homes of nine of their colleagues accused of exchanging right-wing extremism material over WhatsApp.

The Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia said the raids were the ‘result of the systematic evaluation of 2 cellphones’ from an earlier investigation. In September, 30 German cops were suspended for sharing Nazi material over social media since 2013. The 136 shocking images police discovered included an illustration of a refugee in a gas chamber and black people being murdered.

On early Tuesday morning officers raided nine apartments in the western cities of Mulheim and Essen in a crackdown against a group of policemen who enjoyed bowling together. Investigators seized 17 electronic devices and the Duisberg Prosecutor’s office is analysing videos, audio messages, and photographs shared on WhatsApp group chats to investigate the officer’s right-wing extremist sympathies.

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Oisin Sweeney

Oisin is an Irish writer based in Seville, the sunny capital of Andalucia. After starting his working life as a bookseller, he moved into journalism and cut his teeth as a reporter at one of Ireland's biggest news websites. Since joining Euro Weekly News in November, he has enjoyed covering the latest stories from Seville, Spain and further afield - with special interests in crime, cybersecurity, and European politics. Anyone who can pronounce his name first try gets a free cerveza...

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