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Nationwide raid against suspected left-wing extremists
The police have searched the homes of suspected left-wing extremists in several federal states. It is about the suspicion of forming a criminal organization. Five suspects were arrested
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“Kollektiv Zwickau” Nationwide raid against suspected left-wing extremists As of: November 3rd, 2026 • 1:48 p.m
The police have searched the homes of suspected left-wing extremists in several federal states. It is about the suspicion of forming a criminal organization. Five suspects were arrested.
The homes of suspected left-wing extremists have been searched in several federal states. The Saxony State Criminal Police Office (LKA) and the Dresden public prosecutor's office are investigating, among other things, the suspicion of forming a criminal organization. There were raids on the defendants' apartments in Zwickau, Dresden, Leipzig, Saalfeld, Bremen and Hamburg.
Twelve men - between 18 and 36 years old - are accused of having formed a communist group in 2022. Under the name "Kollektiv Zwickau", their goal was to act nationwide against right-wing radical and inhumane structures, according to the investigators. The accused are said to have agreed for years to achieve their goals through crimes such as bodily harm and damage to property.
Actually, according to the will of the federal government, right-wing and left-wing extremists should be consistently disarmed. more
During the search, a man attacked the searching police officers - he was arrested. There were already arrest warrants against four other men. All five are now to be brought before an investigating judge. During the searches, the LKA seized data carriers and cell phones as evidence.
According to the Saxon Interior Ministry, the "Zwickau Collective" is a communist, Marxist-Leninist group - and part of the nationwide association "Red Youth Germany". According to the Saxon Office for the Protection of the Constitution, she regularly declares her support for communism through Instagram posts, participation in demonstrations and relevant symbols. The group aims to build a revolutionary communist unity party.
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