German police halt armed far-right vigilantes on Polish border
Source: Reuters
German police halt armed far-right vigilantes on Polish border
Reuters
Sun 24 Oct 2021 11.04 BST
German police say they have stopped more than 50 far-right vigilantes armed with pepper spray, a bayonet, a machete and batons who were trying to patrol the Polish border to stop migrants entering the country.
The vigilantes were following a call by the Third Way, a far-right party with suspected links to neo-Nazi groups, for its members to stop illegal crossings near the town of Guben.
Police seized the weapons and made the suspects leave the area late on Saturday and in the early hours of Sunday, a spokesperson said. They had travelled to the Polish border from across Germany.
Dozens of people held a vigil in Guben on Saturday to show their opposition to the planned far-right patrols.
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