Public prosecutor's office is investigating AfD MP Sebastian Koch
Investigations into violations of the weapons law after an accidental discovery during a search in a right-wing extremist milieu.
Quick Look
- The Halle public prosecutor's office is investigating the AfD state parliament member Sebastian Koch for a possible violation of the weapons law.
- The weapons were discovered by chance during a search in the vicinity of a banned right-wing extremist organization.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
The 'species community' was banned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 2023. Sebastian Koch has been known to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution since 2019 due to neo-Nazi contacts.
The Halle public prosecutor's office is now also investigating state parliament member Sebastian Koch (AfD) on suspicion of violating the weapons law. During a search at the end of August in connection with a banned right-wing extremist organization, weapons were found on the AfD politician, said a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office. It was a “random find”. The MDR had previously reported.
When asked, Koch's lawyer explained that the weapons found were two air rifles and a blank gun in a locked compartment, MDR reported. Criminal allegations are rejected. However, the chairman of the AfD Altmark-West district association, Sebastian Koch, has been known to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution for a long time. He “appeared in neo-Nazi contexts,” according to an internal authority report from 2019.
At the end of August, authorities in several federal states carried out searches on suspected members of a banned right-wing extremist organization. The “Species Community – Germanic Faith Community for an Essential Way of Living,” as its full name is, was banned by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 2023.
This article will continue to be updated.
Open Questions
- What are the results of the weapons law review?
- What further consequences arise from the connection to the species community?