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Hanover (dpa / lni) - Lower Saxony's Justice Minister Barbara Havliza fears that more people could radicalize themselves in the Corona crisis on the Internet.
“A lot has happened in the last few months that worries us,” said the CDU politician in an interview with the German press agency.
Conspiracy theories, hate speech and extremist ideas are paired on various platforms.
In addition, because of the contact restrictions, there is also the increasing isolation of people who are susceptible to extremism.
Even before Corona, many perpetrators - be they Islamists or right-wing extremists - radicalized themselves self-sufficiently via the Internet, said Havliza.
The Minister of Justice emphasized the importance of prevention programs, which currently have to be relocated largely to the digital space.
In addition to Islamism and right-wing extremism, the state government also wants to focus more on left-wing extremism.
This year, among other things, 65,000 euros will flow into a project that is intended to help educators identify anti-democratic attitudes at an early stage and react to them.
Police officers should also be trained in this regard.
"You shouldn't lose sight of any extremism area," said Havliza.
There was an increase in left-wing extremist crimes nationwide in 2018 and 2019 - mainly due to property damage and theft, mostly in connection with the European elections and the AfD.
Violent crimes from the left have decreased, but the potential of violent left-wing extremists in Lower Saxony has grown noticeably, said the Ministry of Justice.
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On the night of January 10th of this year, left-wing extremists are said to have started a fire on the premises of the Lower Saxony State Reception Authority in Braunschweig.
There was a corresponding letter of confession.
Ten vehicles and a trailer burned out.
Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) spoke of a “strong radicalization” of the left-wing extremist scene in Lower Saxony, which is developing into a “terrorist structure”.
The Ministry of Justice had the left-wing extremist scene in the state examined by the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN) in a study.
"We want to find out what approaches can be used to break this scene," said Havliza.
Regional hotspots are Göttingen, Hanover and Braunschweig.
This Thursday, the state parliament is also about fighting left-wing extremism.
The CDU parliamentary group has submitted a corresponding application to the current hour.
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