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German Far-Right ‘Terrorists’ Jailed for Series of Attacks on Refugees

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 11 2018, @10:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the justice dept.

aristarchus writes:

RawStory, originally from Agence France-Presse.

Eight members of a German far-right group were sentenced to jail Wednesday on terrorism and attempted murder charges for a series of explosives attacks targeting refugees and anti-fascist activists.

Based in Germany's ex-communist east, the so-called "Freital group" had sought to create "a climate of fear" at the height of Germany's refugee and migrant influx in 2015, the court was told.

Its leaders Timo Schulz and Patrick Festing were sentenced to 10 and nine-and-a-half years prison respectively. The other six received custodial terms of between four and eight-and-a-half years.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @07:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @07:03AM (#651230)

    What I think is remarkable about the whole debate on immigration is how marginalized it is. In the US, it wasn't even on the radar for most of the presidential elections of the past two decades. Mainstream candidates have ignored it, leaving it to the extreme candidates like Pat Buchanan or even David Duke, who in turn pulled minuscule vote totals. So I suppose for most of that time, they were justified in ignoring the issue. That obviously has changed in recent years.

    The debate was very mainstream back in 1984 [youtube.com] and quite heated in fact, as I recall.