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• Associated Press  • June 10, 2021   Authorities in Frankfurt, Germany, announced on Thursday, June 10, 2021, that a tactical police unit has been disbanded. (Facebook) BERLIN — The German city of Frankfurts tactical police unit is being disbanded amid an investigation of some members suspected participation in a chat group where far-right messages were exchanged, authorities said Thursday. The decision by Hesses state government came a day after the homes and workplaces of six o...

Germany: 20 police officers investigated over far-right chats Pedophile texts found in a police commandos smart phone led to the identification of 19 other Hesse state police allegedly involved in far-right chat groups, say prosecutors. Frankfurt police chief Gerhard Bereswill says far-right chat allegations are "terrible." Several police officers from the German state of Hessen are being investigated for far-right links, prosecutors announced on Wednesday. The investigation against 20 police ...

The 53-year-old is accused of sending a series of race-baiting, insulting and threatening letters since August 2018. Many of the messages were signed “from the NSU 2.0,” a reference to the now disbanded National Socialist Underground (NSU), a far-right terrorist group responsible for a number of murders and terrorist actions against immigrants and prominent left-wing figures. Interior Minister for the state of Hesse, Peter Beuth, said in March that a total of 115 letters had been sent ...

The suspect is accused of sending menacing letters to well-known progressives, including a lawyer, a politician and a comedian.