After serious misconduct by soldiers from the NATO mission in Lithuania, the Bundeswehr withdrew an entire armored infantry platoon back to Germany on Thursday. The Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that the main suspects were also being examined for immediate dismissal under the Soldiers Act. The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) is also involved in the investigation. In the course of the investigation, there were also suspicions about other irregularities, including a three-digit shortage of ammunition.
Investigations had already revealed initial suspicions of crimes such as sexual assault, insult, possibly with a racist background, and coercion, as well as extremist behavior. The magazine Der Spiegel first reported on it. At the party at the end of April in a hotel in Rukla, right-wing extremist and anti-Semitic songs are said to have been sung. There are also film recordings of a suspected sexual assault. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) had announced that those who might know something about the incidents but did not pass on information would also be held accountable.