Germany's far-right AfD party to eject members for suspected links to militant group


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  • Wednesday, 06 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Masked German police officers guard a house after having arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing militant group driven by racist ideology and conspiracy theories who had been training in warfare for the downfall of the modern German state, in Dresden, Germany, November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) -The Alternative for Germany, a far-right party polling second nationally, will expel three members arrested for suspected involvement in an extremist group accused by prosecutors of planning an armed revolt, the party said on Wednesday.

The AfD said it would initiate court proceedings to kick out "members affected by the measures taken by the attorney general", after eight people were arrested and 20 properties searched during a police operation on Tuesday.

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