German policeman dies after being shot by right-wing gunman

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

German policeman dies after being shot by right-wing gunman
Thu Oct 20, 2016 | 7:38am BST



A police officer died overnight after he was shot by a right-wing extremist in the southern German state of Bavaria on Wednesday, police said.

The gunman opened fire at police on Wednesday, injuring four policemen before he was arrested. Police said he was a member of the Reichsbuerger (Reich citizens) movement, which maintains that the World War Two German Reich continues to exist.

"The seriously injured member of the North Bavaria special forces died in a clinic in the early morning hours (20.10.2016) due to his heavy gunshot wounds," police said in a statement on Thursday.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Germany shooting: Policeman dies in raid on far-right gunman

Germany shooting: Policeman dies in raid on far-right gunman


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German 32-year-old special forces officer has died of his wounds after being shot during a raid on the home of a man linked to a far-right movement.

Four police were wounded as they tried to arrest a man in the Bavarian town of Georgensgmuend, south of Nuremberg.

The suspect, described as a member of the extremist Reichsbuerger movement, opened fire on the officers before he was eventually detained.

Officials said a permit had been revoked for the 31 guns he owned.

More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37713209

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[pampango]

3. "The far-right "Reichsbürger" group denies the existence of the present-day Federal Republic of

Germany, asserting instead that the German empire continues to exist within its pre-World War II borders." Germany, they maintain, remains occupied and is being exploited by the allied forces.

The officer's suspected murderer, a member of the far-right "Reichsbürger" movement, was due to appear in court later on Thursday.

The national interior ministry estimates that the number of group members is only in the triple digits. However, they say it may also boast a high number of sympathizers.

In a recent report, Berlin's state intelligence service described the movement as "an extremely diverse range of small groups and individuals who believe in an ideological mixture of conspiracy theories, anti-Semitic and anti-democratic views, and who have been behaving increasingly aggressively for some time."

http://www.dw.com/en/bavarian-policeman-dies-after-battle-with-far-right-gunman/a-36096814

[freebrew]

4. So, a Right-Wing Gunman...

NOT a terrorist...Really?

WTF is the difference?

Just like home, eh?