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Germany sees a rise in far-right crime

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Germany has announced a spike in far-right crime and warned that political extremists are 'the biggest threat to our country.'

The interior ministry reported another annual increase in anti-Semitic crimes, up by 15.7 per cent in 2020, with 2,351 total incidents - 94.6% of which were committed by a far-right suspect.

Of the total, 62 were acts of violence while the majority were antisemitic hate speech and other related crimes, frequently on social media.

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said: 'This development in Germany is not only troubling, darknet market lists but in view of our history, deeply shameful.' 

A protester with an Iron Cross draped over his back outside the Reichstag at a far-right demonstration against lockdown during the summer. The symbol harks back to imperial Germany and was re-appropriated by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler

A protester with an Iron Cross draped over his back outside the Reichstag at a far-right demonstration against lockdown during the summer.

The symbol harks back to imperial Germany and darknet websites was re-appropriated by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler  

Far-right crime rose by 5.65 per cent in 2020, accounting for more than half of all politically-motivated criminality.

Seehofer said: 'This shows again that right-wing extremism is the biggest threat for our country.'

It comes as Berlin police arrested a 53-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening neo-Nazi letters to politicians, lawyers and dark market url journalists. 

The suspect, whose name wasn't released for privacy reasons, has previous convictions for dark market list darknet market url 'numerous crimes, including ones that were motivated by right-wing ideology,' said prosecutors in Frankfurt, who are handling the case.

The letters were signed 'NSU 2.0.' A German group called the National Socialist Underground was responsible for a string of violent crimes between 1998 and 2011, including the racially motivated killings of nine men with immigrant backgrounds and darknet site a police officer.

The group's name was derived from the full name of the Nazi, or best darknet market markets National Socialist, party.

Police think the suspect sent almost 100 letters to dozens of people and organizations across Germany and Austria since 2018.