BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have ordered the arrest of six men on suspicion of forming a "far-right terrorist organization" in the eastern city of Chemnitz, where anti-migrant violence flared this summer.
Federal prosecutors alleged Monday that the six men, all German citizens aged between 20 and 30 years old, formed a group calling itself "Revolution Chemnitz" together with a seventh men, who was arrested in a separate case last month.
Prosecutors said in a statement the men planned to carry out armed attacks against foreigners and political enemies.
More than 100 police officers were involved in the arrests in the states of Saxony and Bavaria, and the search of several properties linked to the men.
Chemnitz saw anti-foreigner violence after a killing blamed on migrants in August.
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