The accused of the suspected terrorist group "Revolution Chemnitz" are, according to findings of the security authorities to leading cadres of right-wing hooligans, to skinheads, neo-Nazis and members of the legal-rock scene. According to SPIEGEL information, the men in the telegram chat group "Planning for the Revolution" exchanged views and talked about a violent "change of system".

To this end, the ringleaders were recruiting to recruiting "only violent people," as the conversations put it. Also, they apparently tried to come to semi-automatic weapons. So far it is unclear whether they succeeded. During the searches of the apartments batons, air rifle and pepper spray were found.

In what dimensions the suspects thought, is also apparent from the fact that they described the "National Socialist Underground" (NSU) compared to their own plans as "kindergarten pre-school group" according to SPIEGEL information in their chats.

The plan of the seven men is said to have been to commit attacks and attacks on migrants, politicians and political dissidents. The group is said to have been founded no later than September 11 - at least two weeks after the riots and demonstrations by Chemnitz, which caused a sensation nationwide.

What happened and who was arrested?

The police arrested several men between the ages of 20 and 30 in Saxony and Bavaria. First, six arrests were known, in the evening reported the federal prosecutor then another arrested person. The men should have jointly founded the right-wing terrorist group "Revolution Chemnitz". The leading figure is 31-year-old Christian K., who has been in custody since 14 September. He had been arrested because of a particularly serious breach of the peace.

What is the men accused?

Five of the suspects are said to have been involved in attacks by right-wing extremists on Chemnitz's Schlossteichinsel on 14 September. Armed with glass bottles, quartz gloves and an electric impulse device, the perpetrators then launched at people who considered them foreigners. The throw of a glass bottle injured a victim on the back of his head.

The investigators feared that the action could have been a test run for an even worse action. This may have been planned for the Day of German Unity on 3 October. These acts should have marked a "turning point" in German history, wrote the suspected terrorists to SPIEGEL information in a chat.

The security authorities are currently not assuming that the celebrations for October 3 in Berlin could still be endangered. An attack with firearms is rather excluded, it is said in a confidential assessment.

According to the investigation, the suspects wanted to use violence against the rule of law and had planned attacks on migrants and politically dissident people. "According to the findings, the accused also include representatives of the political party spectrum and members of the social establishment," the Federal Prosecutor's Office said.

How is it going to continue in this case?

Two of the detainees have already been ordered to remand. These are the alleged leader Christian K. and Tom W., who was already active in the 2007 banned neo-Nazi group "Sturm 34". Two more suspects should be presented on Monday to the investigating judge of the Federal Court, the others on Tuesday.

To what extent is there a connection with the riots of Chemnitz?

About a connection of the grouping with the events end of August in Chemnitz, there is no information. The Attorney General Peter Frank is currently investigating the environment of the right-wing extremist group. It was examined whether the suspects were involved in the riots, a spokeswoman said. In addition, the question of how the structures of the group look on the ground and whether there is further networking in the right-wing extremist scene will be investigated together with the Saxon authorities.

Which cases of right-wing terror existed in recent years?

When the "National Socialist Underground" (NSU) flew open in November 2011, it suddenly became clear to many that right-wing extremist terror exists in 21st-century Germany - and that the security authorities made serious mistakes in fighting these structures. For ten murders and three explosives attacks, the NSU is responsible among other things. After more than five years of trial before the Munich Higher Regional Court, Beate Zschäpe and four NSU helpers were convicted in July.

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In recent years, the federal prosecutor's office against further right-wing groups had determined. In May 2015, the leading figures of the "Oldschool Society" (OSS) were arrested. There, too, a chat group had been infiltrated with a V-man and the cell had been digged out before she could strike.

According to findings of the investigators, the OSS planned terrorist attacks against asylum seeker shelters, mosques and members of the Salafist scene in Germany. In March 2017, three men and one woman were sentenced to prison terms of three to five years. After eleven months of taking evidence, the Munich Higher Regional Court found it proved that the defendants formed a terrorist organization.

In March 2018, eight members of the right-wing group Freital were sentenced to several years in prison. Among other things, the Dresden Higher Regional Court found her guilty of forming a terrorist organization and imprisoned between four and ten years. The court saw it as proven that the group has committed a total of five explosive attacks on refugee shelters and political opponents in Freital and Dresden due to right-wing extremist sentiment in changing cast and participation in 2015.