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Italian neo-Nazis were plotting to bomb NATO base, police say
Carabinieri seized photographs of Hitler, swastikas and a book listing Jewish surnames during coordinated raids on Monday on the homes of 12 alleged members of the Roman Aryan Order, a Nazi-inspired white supremacist group. One of the accused was voted the winner of an online Miss Hitler beauty pageant in 2019, calling herself Miss Eva Braun.
The investigation began in 2019, as part of a wider probe into white supremacist and far-right movements. Police said in a statement that this group was “dedicated to publishing racist and discriminatory, Nazi-inspired, anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying content, videos and images on social media.”
A specialized police web investigation team focused on the exchange of extremist material on Facebook pages and communities on the Russian social media site VK, where group members allegedly incited one another to commit violent actions against Jewish people and immigrants.
Investigators said that the police decided to strike after accessing a WhatsApp group called the Judenfrei League — “judenfrei” being a term Nazis used to describe areas “cleansed” of Jews during the Holocaust — in which members allegedly shared instructions on how to manufacture homemade explosives as part of a plan against a NATO base.
A judge has ordered 12 people — who have been accused of inciting racial and religious hatred — to report to the police station weekly until it is decided if they will be formally charged.
Carabinieri seized photographs of Hitler, swastikas and a book listing Jewish surnames during coordinated raids on Monday on the homes of 12 alleged members of the Roman Aryan Order, a Nazi-inspired white supremacist group. One of the accused was voted the winner of an online Miss Hitler beauty pageant in 2019, calling herself Miss Eva Braun.
The investigation began in 2019, as part of a wider probe into white supremacist and far-right movements. Police said in a statement that this group was “dedicated to publishing racist and discriminatory, Nazi-inspired, anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying content, videos and images on social media.”
A specialized police web investigation team focused on the exchange of extremist material on Facebook pages and communities on the Russian social media site VK, where group members allegedly incited one another to commit violent actions against Jewish people and immigrants.
Investigators said that the police decided to strike after accessing a WhatsApp group called the Judenfrei League — “judenfrei” being a term Nazis used to describe areas “cleansed” of Jews during the Holocaust — in which members allegedly shared instructions on how to manufacture homemade explosives as part of a plan against a NATO base.
A judge has ordered 12 people — who have been accused of inciting racial and religious hatred — to report to the police station weekly until it is decided if they will be formally charged.
