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The domestic intelligence agency said in a report last year that less than
1% of Germany’s police force, security agencies and military personnel
espouse far-right world views and sympathies. The report was part of a
wider inquiry into far-right extremism in the civil service.
She said the suspect had shared the images in late 2018, and officers
found firearms, heavy weapons and explosives during a search of his
residence a year later. She did not say why charges against him were
being filed only now or how the suspect had pleaded.
The suspect’s brother, who was also a police commissioner and left the
force voluntarily, is due to go on trial in April on charges of sharing
illegal symbols, possessing illegal weapons and sharing secret police
information with civilians, the prosecutor said.
A third police commissioner, who has been relieved of his duties, has
been charged with sharing sensitive information from the police
computer systems with civilians.