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Stuttgart (AP) - According to the indictment, they wanted to kill Muslims and start a civil war: Twelve alleged members and supporters of the right-wing terrorist association "Group S." have been in Stuttgart since Tuesday.

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The defendants were well networked in the right-wing extremist scene and in some cases had close contacts with arms suppliers, said the federal prosecutor's office on Tuesday at the start of the trial before the higher regional court.

According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, the defendants shared a xenophobic and National Socialist attitude, as well as their hatred of Muslims and Jews in particular.

You would have spoken of "human waste" and "cockroaches".

They networked via Telegram chat groups, wanted to get weapons and use them to raid mosques, but they also had their sights on politicians and dissidents.

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Werner S. from the Augsburg area, who was accused of being ringleader, tried to recruit right-wing leaders for his group because he had expected them to have a lot of mobilization potential.

The defendants were arrested on February 14, 2020.

Of the twelve accused, eleven are in custody, one is at large.

The state security process is a mammoth process with dozens of people involved, negotiations will be blocked until the middle of next year.

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