Four defendants between the ages of 16 and 20 are standing before the youth jury court for various crimes, including robbery and sedition.
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The 'Last Defense Wave' is a right-wing extremist terrorist group whose members have already been convicted in other cases.
Proceedings against a suspected young National Socialist and three other defendants have begun before the Hamburg-Bergedorf district court. The defendants are said to have committed crimes in the east of Hamburg and in Schleswig-Holstein. The 17-year-old defendant, the suspected National Socialist, is said to have, among other things, published anti-constitutional slogans in a “Last Defense Wave” WhatsApp group.
The “Last Defense Wave” is a right-wing extremist terrorist group. In August, the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court sentenced seven members of the terrorist group and a supporter to prison, including for attempted murder. In September, federal prosecutors in Jena indicted two alleged supporters of the group.
The defendants before the Bergedorf district court are between 16 and 20 years old, and the proceedings are being conducted before a youth jury court. A court spokesman said the public was excluded after the charges were read and would remain so until the verdict was announced.
The 17-year-old and the two 16-year-old defendants are said to have robbed an alleged pedophile in Geesthacht (Schleswig-Holstein) at the end of last year. The 17-year-old kicked the victim and hit him with a telescopic baton.
According to the prosecution, in January the 17-year-old gave the Hitler salute and shouted slogans at Hamburg's Mümmelmannsberg bus station. In February he racially insulted someone at a bus stop in the Lohbrügge district. That month he is also said to have kicked in and tore down a CDU event poster.
In March, the main defendant is said to have injured a 19-year-old in a youth residential facility in Hamburg-Billstedt. Among other things, he kicked the man with combat boots. The accused 20-year-old is said to have filmed the event, the court announced.
It is not known whether the defendants will respond to the allegations. The court is not allowed to comment on the non-public part of the hearing. Five continuation dates have been announced until mid-November.
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