LKA strikes: Major raid against hate comments in Hesse!

LKA strikes: Major raid against hate comments in Hesse!

In Hesse, the investigations against hate comments have reached a new high. Reported today, June 26, 2025 fr.de that the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) is investigating twelve people who are suspected of having spread criminal statements on the Internet. This measure is part of a nationwide effort to combat hate crime and extremist propaganda in the digital space.

The Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck (CDU) expressed concern about the methods of extremist groups, which often offer simple answers to complex questions and spread conspiracy myths online. He emphasizes that these operations are intended to reduce hostility and incitement within society.

Distribution and allegations against the suspects

The people identified are between 28 and 73 years old, including one woman and eleven men. The geographical distribution of the suspects includes cities such as Frankfurt, Giessen, Marburg and Wiesbaden as well as several districts. They are accused of inciting criminal offenses, committing sedition, uttering insults and condoning criminal offenses. Some of the accused were already known to the police.

Hate postings that investigators encountered included calls for violence and killings, a frightening development that cannot go unnoticed. To illustrate the scale of this problem, a total of 65 searches were carried out on the 12th nationwide day of action against hate messages, and that is just the beginning.

Nationwide initiative against hate crime

How rbb24.de reported that a total of 70 apartments were searched throughout Germany. In Berlin alone, the measures affected eight apartments, while six additional searches took place in Brandenburg. The emergency services concentrated on inciting content, anti-Semitic appearances and threats against officials and elected officials. This initiative is a clear signal from Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who emphasizes the need to decisively counter hate and violence online.

The surveys show that over half of the hate posts are politically motivated crimes, primarily from the extreme right. This is not just a local problem, but also a nationwide problem that is putting a strain on social stability.

Hate crime figures

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) provides a frightening balance, according to which politically motivated crimes rose by 40.2 percent last year, which is the strongest increase since 2001. Right-wing crimes in particular experienced a sharp increase of 47.8 percent and now account for more than half of the registered crimes.

A total of 1,360 cases of propaganda offenses and 523 cases of incitement were documented last year. The increase in violent crime is also alarming, rising from 48 to 70 cases. In addition to the extreme right, the focus of the investigation is also on anti-Semitic statements and threats, which have grown to an extraordinary extent.

The safety and well-being of citizens are at stake, and security agencies appear to have a knack for getting to the root of the problem. The moment to speak out against hatred and incitement couldn't be more timely. The increase in crimes in this area is a clear wake-up call to society to actively promote respectful and peaceful coexistence.