Germany arrests far-right teenagers over asylum seeker attacks

BERLIN: German police on Wednesday arrested five teenagers accused of forming a far-right militant group called the “Last Wave of Defence” that targeted asylum seekers and plotted to undermine the government.

The suspects, reportedly aged 14 to 18, were members or supporters of the “right-wing extremist terrorist organisation” founded in April last year, federal prosecutors said.

Their goal was “to bring about the collapse of the democratic system in the Federal Republic of Germany through acts of violence”, the prosecutors´ office said in a statement.