Police officers lead a suspect out of a building entrance during a raid in the Pieschen district in Dresden, Germany, Wednesday, December 15, 2021
GERMAN police carried out raids today against far-right anti-vaxxers who threatened to kill state officials over coronavirus restrictions by using crossbows and other piercing weapons.
Five properties in Saxony state’s capital Dresden and one in the nearby town of Heidenau were searched by the special Soko Rex anti-extremist unit in an investigation of suspected preparations for serious acts of violence, police said.
The probe came after a report from public broadcaster ZDF that a group on the messenger service Telegram discussed plans to kill Saxony’s state governor Michael Kretschmer and other members of the state government.
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