Investigation committee clarifies right -wing attacks in Neukölln - what now?

Investigation committee clarifies right -wing attacks in Neukölln - what now?

Neukölln, Deutschland - The parliamentary committee of inquiry for the right-wing extremist attack series in Berlin-Neukölln recently completed the third evidence complex. In a survey by the former deputy general prosecutor and current State Secretary Dirk Feuerberg, committee chairman Vasili Franco (Greens) praised the work of the Attorney General as exemplary and professional. Despite the first convictions in the Neukölln complex, the committee could not find any evidence of deliberate or politically motivated misconduct by the public prosecutor Tagesspiegel reported.

The investigation focused on at least 72 right -wing extremists, including 27 arson attacks. At the end of 2024, two neo -Nazis, Sebastian T. and Tilo P., were sentenced to several years in prison, but the judgments of which are not yet final. The Berlin General Prosecutor's office took over the proceedings in 2020 after a chat from a main suspect, which gave the impression that there was no fear at the public prosecutor. The fear of a possible bias of the Chief Prosecutor F. appeared, but could not be documented.

Investigations and challenges

Feuerberg criticized the previous procedure of the public prosecutor. He emphasized that the state protection department was unable to adequately process the cases due to lack of personnel and overload. MPs reported on "remarkable gaps in memory" by some representatives of the public prosecutor, in particular by Ralph Knispel, the former head of the state protection department. This raises questions about the clarification of right -wing extremists, since Knispel could not remember the procedures or the leading investigators.

A better awareness of error among the prosecutors is necessary to process the criminal series more concentrated. In the convictions of T. and P. it was found that the Berlin Regional Court saw sufficient evidence of their actions in the appeal process. Sebastian T. was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, while Tilo P. was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison, which included an earlier punishment due to dangerous bodily harm, such as Rbb24 reported.

increase in right -wing extremists

The increase in right -wing extremist violence in Germany remains worrying. According to the protection of the constitution, the total number of right -wing extremist offenses rose to 25,660 in 2023, which corresponds to an increase of 22.4 % compared to the previous year. The number of right -wing extremist violent acts was 1,148, an increase of 13.0 %. The 933 xenophobic acts of violence in 2023, an increase of 17.2 % compared to the previous year are particularly alarming, as explained on the website of the Constitutional Protection.

These developments underline the urgency of measures to combat right -wing extremism. The parliamentary committee of inquiry and the judiciary are faced with the challenge of eliminating the structural defects in the clarification of right -wing extremists and promoting an effective approach to these tendencies.