Two teen-age members of a neo-Nazi group have confessed to a 1991 arson attack on a hostel for asylum-seekers in the southern German town of Reilingen.
The October 1991 attack resulted in heavy damage but no injuries to persons.
The perpetrators, ages 16 and 17, are members of the National Comrades Action Front. They told police last week they were motivated by hatred of foreigners.
They also told authorities that neo-Nazis were proud that their campaign of attacks in the eastern German town of Hoyerswerda had been successful in forcing authorities to evacuate asylum-seekers from hostels and had been supported by cheering crowds. Hoyerswerda was one of the first places where refugees were openly attacked in the newly united Germany.
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