A Munich group called “Stop the Nazi Terror” has demanded that the Bavarian state government and the federal authorities impose an immediate ban on all neo-Nazi organizations, particularly those engoged in paramilitary training.
A spokesman for the group, which was formed after the 1980 Munich Oktoberfest bombing, warned at a press conference today that neo-Nazi and paramilitary organizations are still operating in Bavaria and at least four are registered in Lower Saxony. The Bavarian neo-Nazis are based in Rosenheim and Neustadt, he said.
Police have confirmed that the Rosenheim organization has been active since 1978. It consists mainly of youths aged 14-20 who receive paramilitary training and have been involved in scores of Nazi propaganda activities and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries.
Meanwhile, Karl-Heinz Hoffmann, leader of the outlawed “Wehrsportsgruppe Hoffmann,” remains in custody pending trial for the murder of a Jewish publisher in Nuremberg last year. Hoffmann was arrested in Frankfurt when he returned from a visit to Lebanon where he was hosted by Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat. Police have confirmed PLO ties with Hoffmann’s neo-Nazi group which is suspected of having perpetrated the Oktoberfest bombing.
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