Lee Heidhues 5.30.2023
Here is a story receiving not one iota of coverage in the United States.
Neither in the mainstream media nor on more Progressive outlets such as Democracy Now.
Four Germans are on trial for their physical assaults against neo-nazis between 2018 and 2020.
The trial of “Lina E” and three co-defendants is expected to reach its conclusion with a verdict on May 31 when the decision is announced at the Dresden High Court.
Excerpted from Deutsche Welle 5.30.2023
A 28-year-old German student is standing trial in Dresden accused of founding a criminal organization and committing six serious attacks on neo-Nazis, in an unusual case of violent left-wing extremism in Germany.
State prosecutors say Lina E.* and her three co-defendants — Lennart A., Philipp M., and Jannis R. — carried out a series of attacks on neo-Nazis in the eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony between 2018 and 2020, including two attacks on Leon R., a notorious far-right extremist who was himself arrested for allegedly forming a far-right extremist organization.
The group around Lina E. is believed to have raided a well-known neo-Nazi bar in the town of Eisenach in late 2019 and attacked Leon R. with hammers and batons. When the initial attack failed, the group attacked him again a few weeks later outside his car. Other neo-Nazis were left with broken bones and other injuries after the attacks.
German police are expecting the largest police deployment in two years for the autonomous left-wing “Day X” demonstration in the eastern city of Leipzig on Saturday, reported
As there are also calls for militancy and massive announcements of violence, the police are preparing “for a deployment with a partly unpeaceful course with a high potential for damage,” the Leipzig police directorate announced on Tuesday.
Prosecutors are asking for an eight year prison term for Lina E., who has already spent well over two years behind bars as the long and complicated trial continued, and up to 3 years and 9 months in prison for the co-defendants. The defense called for Lina E. to be convicted only of the lesser charges of attempted bodily injury and theft.
https://www.dw.com/en/left-wing-extremist-on-trial-for-forming-criminal-network/a-65767893
Top photo – Protest march for Lina E. and her co-defendants. On trial for assaulting neo-nazis in Germany.
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