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Berlin Regional Court and Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office
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In the case of the "NSU 2.0" series of threats, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office has stopped the investigation against two police officers. The authority announced this on Monday upon request. A police officer and a female police officer were investigated.
The first fax in the series was received by Frankfurt lawyer Seda Başay-Yıldız in August 2018 and contained personal data. These had been queried without authorization from a work computer in the first police station, where the police officer was logged in. The fax was sent shortly afterwards. The police officer was on duty at the time. Other media had previously reported on the hiring.
The investigation was discontinued on December 7, 2023, the public prosecutor's office announced on Monday. Sufficient suspicion could not be substantiated. An appeal was lodged against the decision. Başay-Yıldız's lawyer, Antonia von der Behrens, confirmed this at the request of the dpa news agency.
Chat group with right-wing extremist content uncovered within the district
Threatening letters signed “NSU 2.0” were sent to numerous other public figures, especially women. The author, a 54-year-old man from Berlin, was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison in 2022.
Co-plaintiff Başay-Yıldız, among others, doubted in the proceedings that a single perpetrator was responsible for the series. During the trial, her lawyer von der Behrens submitted several requests for further clarification of the events in the 1st police station and the role of police officers there in the 20-minute query of personal data from Başay-Yıldız and her relatives.
In connection with investigations into the illegal data query, a chat group with right-wing extremist content was uncovered within the district.
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