Austrian far right – Faith Matters https://www.faith-matters.org Working with Faith Communities Countering Extremism, Supporting Integration & Challenging Hatred. Founded by Fiyaz Mughal Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:42:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.faith-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/favicon.png Austrian far right – Faith Matters https://www.faith-matters.org 32 32 95725945 Austrian officials seize weapons destined for Germany’s far-right https://www.faith-matters.org/austrian-officials-seize-weapons-destined-for-germanys-far-right/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:36:16 +0000 https://www.faith-matters.org/?p=9495

Austrian authorities have seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition that were intended to be sold to far-right extremists in Germany.

Police raids in recent days led to the seizure of 70 automatic and semi-automatic firearms, more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition and explosives, officials said.

The main suspect is a 53-year-old Austrian, interior minister Karl Nehammer said.

Mr Nehammer said the police operations had uncovered “a network that shows links between the area of right-wing extremism and organised crime”.

He said that some of those belonged to “the neo-Nazi scene that have sadly also been known in Austria for a while”.

The firearms were allegedly bought with the proceeds from the sale of drugs.

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