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| German police thwart 'neo-Nazi model airplane bomb plot' | |
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| German police say they have seized a "functional" bomb and several model airplanes that neo-Nazis planned to use against political enemies. | German police say they have seized a "functional" bomb and several model airplanes that neo-Nazis planned to use against political enemies. |
| A man with links to far-right extremists was arrested on suspicion of commissioning the bomb, police in the south-western city of Freiburg say. | A man with links to far-right extremists was arrested on suspicion of commissioning the bomb, police in the south-western city of Freiburg say. |
| It would have caused serious injury within a radius of 30 metres, they add. | It would have caused serious injury within a radius of 30 metres, they add. |
| According to official figures, neo-Nazis committed more than 800 violent crimes in Germany last year. | According to official figures, neo-Nazis committed more than 800 violent crimes in Germany last year. |
| The flying bomb was discovered last week after police raided the homes of four suspects and a neo-Nazi meeting place in the city following a tip-off, officials say. | The flying bomb was discovered last week after police raided the homes of four suspects and a neo-Nazi meeting place in the city following a tip-off, officials say. |
| They said the plan - which appeared to be at a very early stage - was to fly the device into a crowd of the political enemies of neo-Nazis. | They said the plan - which appeared to be at a very early stage - was to fly the device into a crowd of the political enemies of neo-Nazis. |
| "They want to use it against left-wing or anti-Nazi activists," spokesman for the Freiburg prosecutor's office Wolfgang Maier told the Associated Press news agency. | "They want to use it against left-wing or anti-Nazi activists," spokesman for the Freiburg prosecutor's office Wolfgang Maier told the Associated Press news agency. |
| The main suspect - an unidentified 23-year-old man - had previously hurled fireworks at anti-Nazi counter-demonstrators during a far-right protest last month, police said. | The main suspect - an unidentified 23-year-old man - had previously hurled fireworks at anti-Nazi counter-demonstrators during a far-right protest last month, police said. |
| They said they were also investigating two other suspects. A third man alleged to have built the bomb had been detained but was later released on bail. | They said they were also investigating two other suspects. A third man alleged to have built the bomb had been detained but was later released on bail. |
| The plot mirrors one the police said they discovered in June when they raided the homes of Islamists in Germany and discovered a similar conspiracy to make a flying bomb, the BBC's Stephen Evans says. | The plot mirrors one the police said they discovered in June when they raided the homes of Islamists in Germany and discovered a similar conspiracy to make a flying bomb, the BBC's Stephen Evans says. |
| Flying bombs, he adds, would be a new means of inflicting political violence. | Flying bombs, he adds, would be a new means of inflicting political violence. |
| A woman is currently standing trial accused of participating in a string of neo-Nazi murders. | A woman is currently standing trial accused of participating in a string of neo-Nazi murders. |