Germany’s interior minister has banned a neo-Nazi group in a crackdown on rising extremism in the country.
Horst Seehofer said the Combat 18 Deutschland group, which has its roots in a movement started by former members of the British National Party, included members who were convicted of illegally bringing ammunition into the country.
Other supporters were distributing recordings of “right-wing extremist and antisemitic music” and merchandise, and organising concerts, a statement by Germany’s federal interior ministry said.
Mr Seehofer said the shooting at a synagogue in Halle on Yom Kippur last year, in which two bystanders were killed, and the assassination of local politician Walter Lübcke in June 2019 had shown there was a significant danger to free society.
