A reporter team of star And RTL has uncovered plans of a right -wing extremist group for an arson attack on asylum accommodation in Senftenberg in Brandenburg. In February, the arrest of a 21 -year -old suspect from Saxony made headlines nationwide. Now the Dresden General Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that months of hidden research from star and RTL brought the investigators on their trail. She “initiated an investigation due to the information from a journalist,” said her spokesman Patrick Pintaske.
A reporter team of the format “Stern Investigative.” had researched in right -wing chat groups – and experienced the purchase of two ball bombs in the Czech Republic. The investigators found these on February 12 of this year at a raid in the apartment of the main suspect in the Meißen district.
After research by star And the 21-year-old suspect is said to have not planned the alleged attack, but with at least one other member of a group called “Last Defense wave”: a 15-year-old from Südbrandenburg. After the arrest, prosecutor Patrick Pintaske initially said that the current status had to be assumed.
Exclusive: Video should show alleged arson in Altdöbern
According to the research, the 15-year-old is also said to have committed an arson attack on a cultural center in Altdöbern in October 2024. This attack has also caused media a stir in the past few weeks. The police had investigated – and initially excluded an arson. In the meantime, she is investigating serious arson.
A third member of the group, 18 years old and from Thuringia, should according to the research of star and RTL have attacked asylum accommodation in Schmölln in Thuringia with pyrotechnics.
In both cases – old möbern like Schmölln – lie star and RTL chat processes and videos that suggest the perpetrator.
The background of all three cases and the references to the alleged perpetrators were not aware of the investigators before the reporter team’s inquiries. A spokesman for the Cottbus public prosecutor said with a view to the alleged arson in Altdöbern: “It is correct that the Brandenburg police only by reference from the research team from star And RTL learned from the video which presumably shows the deed. “This was not known to the investigative authorities before.
The entire research team: Jonas Fedders, Markus Frenzel, Angelique Geray, David Holzapfel, Tina Kaiser, Frederik Mittendorff, Marc Neller.
Coordination: Tina Kaiser, Tim Kickbusch, Marc Neller.
Verification: Michael Lehmann
More about right -wing terrorism: On Monday, May 5, 2025, at 10:35 p.m., RTL will show the television documentary “Stern Investigative.”, Which you can then also call up at Stern.de and RTL+.
Source: Stern
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