
Germany Makes Arrests of Suspected Right-Wing Terrorist Cell
The individuals — all juveniles — are suspected of being part of an extremist group that called itself Letzte Verteidigungswelle (Last Defensive Wave), the Federal Prosecutors Office said in a statement on Wednesday.
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