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Germany charges 4 with forming far-right terror group Serbian official
to Russian: Mind
own business
over EU bid
Right-wing demonstrators march in Cologne, Germany. German prosecutors have charged three men and one woman with form- DUSAN STOJANOVIC
ing a far-right terror group and planning to bomb a refugee shelter, officials said Wednesday. Associated press
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP)
(AP Photo/Juergen Schwarz) — Serbia’s deputy prime
minister denounced her
FRANK JORDANS W., 40; Denise Vanessa G. May 2015 to purchase fire- converted to house about Russian counterpart on
Associated Press 23; and Olaf O., 47, in line works and the group dis- 30 asylum seekers, setting Wednesday for suggesting
BERLIN (AP) — German with German privacy rules cussed how to make them fire to a mattress and a rug Serbia should be careful
prosecutors have charged — are accused of form- more dangerous by wrap- in an unoccupied room. about its EU membership
three men and one wom- ing and being members ping nails around them. The early-morning blaze bid — a rare spat between
an with forming a far-right of a “terrorist organization” They were arrested May 6 was quickly extinguished. the two traditional Slavic
terror group and planning and planning an explosion, as part of nationwide raids, Prosecutors said the three allies.
to bomb a refugee shelter, prosecutors said. before the attack could have admitted to the at- Russian deputy premier
officials said Wednesday. Andreas H. and Markus take place. All four are in tack, but not to their moti- Dmitry Rogozin said during
The four are alleged to W. were described as the prison pending trial. vation. his visit to Serbia this week
have created a group two group’s president and vice Separately, Hannover pros- German authorities have that if Serbia harmonizes
years ago that went by president. ecutors said Wednesday recorded a rise in attacks its foreign policy with the
the name Oldschool Soci- “There was a concrete they charged two men, against refugees over the European Union “you will
ety, using social media to plan to carry out an explo- aged 25 and 31, and a past year amid an unprec- have another Cologne
recruit new members and sives attack on an inhab- 24-year-old woman with edented influx of asylum- here.” He was referring to
promote far-right ideas, ited refugee shelter near attempted murder and seekers. While most of the New Year’s assaults against
federal prosecutors said. Borna in connection with attempted arson for alleg- attacks are believed to women in the German city
The group became in- their second meeting from edly throwing a gasoline have been carried out by that have been blamed
creasingly radical and, in May 8-10, 2015,” prosecu- bomb through a window at people with no previous af- largely on foreigners, some
mid-November 2014, mem- tors said. The town is south- an asylum-seekers’ home in filiation to far-right groups, of whom are recently ar-
bers discussed how to man- east of Leipzig in the east- northwestern Germany. authorities believe neo-Na- rived asylum-seekers.
ufacture explosives and ern state of Saxony, which The three are alleged to zi groups could stage vio- “You should be careful
the possibility of attacking has been a hotbed of anti- have thrown the impro- lent attacks ever since the with this harmonization, not
Islamic extremists and asy- foreigner sentiment. vised device in August existence of the self-styled to find yourselves in a situa-
lum-seekers in Germany. Markus W. and Denise Van- through a ground-floor win- National Socialist Under- tion when newcomers be-
The four — identified only essa G. allegedly traveled dow in a school in Salzhem- ground came to light four have as though they have
as Andreas H., 57; Markus to the Czech Republic in mendorf that had been years ago. q a free hand, while your
women are afraid to go
outside,” Rogozin said.
Serbian deputy premier
Zorana Mihajlovic retorted
Wednesday: “Regarding
the scenario Rogozin is pre-
dicting, I think he should
take care of his own coun-
try and we will take care of
ours.” During his three-day
visit, Rogozin said Russia is
ready to arm Serbia with
sophisticated weapons,
which could be at odds
with Belgrade’s desire to
join the EU. He also tried
to discourage Serbia from
membership in the 28-na-
tion bloc.
“There is nothing more ter-
rifying than the European
bureaucracy,” Rogozin
said. “Soviet-era bureau-
crats are just kids com-
pared with Europe’s.q
