German police raided the homes of more than 300 people suspected of posting neo-Nazi music files on the Internet. Police said the nationwide raids followed investigations into 342 people who had posted songs by skinhead bands on the Internet for others to download. The songs contained lyrics inciting racial hatred, such as these from the group Tonstoerung: “Sharpen your long knives on the pavement; delve them into Jewish bodies.”
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