- Title: Germany investigates military students suspected of far-right links
- Date: 19th May 2017
- Summary: NEUBIBERG, GERMANY (MAY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BUNDERWEHR UNIVERSITY IN NEUBIBERG SIGN UNIVERSITY OF THE GERMAN ARMY VARIOUS DETAILS OF BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY IN NEUBIBERG
- Embargoed: 2nd June 2017 12:06
- Keywords: Bundeswehr university military students far-right Germanym
- Location: NEUBIBERG, GERMANY
- City: NEUBIBERG, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
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- Story Text: German investigators are investigating four students at a military university in Munich on suspicion of far-right links, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday (May 18), fuelling concerns that extremist networks have taken hold in the Bundeswehr.
The Sueddeutsche cited sources from the parliamentary defence committee in its report on the investigation, and added that there were indications of links between students past and present at the university and a far-right group.
The investigators were looking into whether the students had any ties to an officer who has been detained for posing under a false identity as an asylum seeker, the newspaper said. Investigators are investigating whether he planned an attack that could be blamed on asylum seekers.
The investigation of the officer being held in custody, Franco A., blew up earlier this month into a full-scale scandal about right-wing ties in the Bundeswehr that prompted a search of all German army barracks for Nazi memorabilia. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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