Increased violence of “neo-Nazis” and “extremists” in Germany

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, official statistics released on Wednesday showed that Germany had witnessed 169 attacks by right-wing neo-Nazis and extremists in the first three months of this year.

According to the news agency «AnatolyGerman police say extremist violence in January, February and March was up 40 percent from the same period last year. German authorities recorded 3,605 “politically motivated” crimes by right-wing extremists between January and March, up from 3,467 in the same period last year.

These included the spread of racist propaganda, insults on social media, threats, fires, and rape.

According to police, neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists carried out 169 violent attacks in the first three months of the year, up from 123 in January-March.

In the German capital, Berlin, 26 cases of violence by far-right supporters have been reported so far this year, 13 in the neighboring state of Brandenburg and 12 in southeastern Bavaria, with at least 92 people injured in the attacks.

“The far right is the biggest threat to our democracy and the biggest threat to the people of Germany,” German Interior Minister Nancy Pfizer said in recent days.

The coalition government of German Chancellor Olaf Schultz announced in March a new action plan to combat racism, and pledged stronger action to counter the growing threat posed by far-right groups.

In recent years, Germany has seen a rise in racism and xenophobia, fueled by propaganda from far-right, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim groups, including the main opposition party Alternative for Germany.

A mosque in the eastern German city of Leipzig was recently attacked and destroyed by left-wing extremists. During a rally by far-left groups east of Leipzig, some protesters attacked the Ayub Sultan Mosque in the area and broke its windows.

The largest Turkish Muslim group in Germany, Ditib, which runs the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Leipzig, has condemned the attack and called for stronger protection of religious sites.

Germany, a country of more than 82 million people, has the second largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France. Of the country’s nearly five million Muslims, three million are of Turkish descent.

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