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Stuttgart / Uelzen (dpa) - 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 "Gruppe S." have been in Stuttgart since Tuesday.

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Among them is Tony E. from the Uelzen district, he is considered one of several ringleaders.

The defendants were well networked in the right-wing extremist scene and in some cases had close contacts with arms suppliers, said the representative of the Federal Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday at the start of the trial at the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court.

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

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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The defendants were arrested on February 14, 2020.

Of the twelve, eleven are in custody and 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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