German police probe far-right politicians over Telegram chats - Spiegel

FILE PHOTO: Flags of the euro-critical Alternative for Germany AFD party are held up by supporters in front of the Brandenburg Gate during an AFD election campaign rally in Berlin September 16, 2013. German voters will go to the polls in a general election on September 22. REUTER REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police searched the homes of two politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Tuesday, part of a probe into messages in a Telegram chat group that reportedly called for revolution and civil war.

Police searched two residences in Bavaria and confiscated mobile phones as part of an investigation into the "Alternative Message Group Bavaria" on the Telegram messaging service, prosecutors said in a statement seen by Reuters.