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The police have searched the homes of suspected left-wing extremists in several federal states. The suspicion is that a criminal organization has been formed. Five suspects have been arrested.

The homes of suspected left-wing extremists have been searched in several federal states. The Saxony State Criminal Investigation Department (LKA) and the Dresden Public Prosecutor’s Office are investigating, among other things, on suspicion of the formation of a criminal organization. Raids were carried out at the homes of the accused 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. According to the investigators, their goal was to take action against right-wing extremist and anti-human structures across Germany under the name “Kollektiv Zwickau.” The accused are said to have conspired over many years to achieve their goals by committing criminal offenses, such as assault and damage to property. Resistance to the search

During the search, a man attacked the police officers carrying out the search – he was arrested. Arrest warrants had already been issued for four other men. All five are now to be brought before an investigating judge. During the searches, the LKA seized data storage devices and cell phones as evidence.

According to the Saxon Ministry of the Interior, the “Kollektiv Zwickau” is a communist, Marxist–Leninist group – and part of the nationwide association “Rote Jugend Deutschland” (Red Youth Germany). According to the Saxon State Office for the Protection of the Constitution’s report, it regularly professes its allegiance to communism through Instagram posts, participation in demonstrations and the use of relevant symbols. The group is said to be pursuing the goal of establishing a revolutionary communist united party.