Extremism: Interior Minister praises LKA officers for arrest

Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) has expressed his thanks and appreciation to the officers of the State Office of Criminal Investigation for the arrest of a suspected left-wing extremist. "After the arrest of Lina E., this man was one of the most wanted left-wing extremists for whom several arrest warrants had been issued and who is the central piece of the puzzle in the entire investigation."

The investigators from the Saxon State Office of Criminal Investigation and all those involved had succeeded in tracking down and arresting the mastermind behind a number of serious crimes committed by the left-wing extremist scene, emphasized the minister, speaking of an "outstanding success that demonstrates meticulous and professional investigative work".

The 31-year-old man had been arrested on a regional train near Weimar. According to the German Press Agency, this was not a chance hit. Rather, investigators had been on the trail of Lina E.'s former partner for some time. Police forces from the Saxony State Criminal Police Office and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) were involved in the raid.

The 31-year-old is considered the head of the group, which had attracted attention with brutal attacks on known right-wing extremists and actual or alleged members of the right-wing scene.