Tag: Germany
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Number of people shot by police in Germany reaches all-time high since counting began in 1976
A strikingly high number of people are killed by the German police in their own homes, in many cases in their exceptional psychological situation. Statistically speaking, 6 December is the most dangerous day to be killed. Matthias Monroy, Johannes Filter…
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The K.O.M.I.T.E.E should go on trial: Prosecution 30 years after failed attack on deportation prison in Berlin
While the actual offence and its preparation have long been time-barred, two left-wing radicals living in Venezuela are to stand trial for planning an explosives attack in Berlin. The limitation period runs until 2035. Almost 30 years after a failed…
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Right-wing extremist offences are at a record high in Germany: 2024 was a ‘baseball bat year’
The number of right-wing crimes rose by a sixth in 2024 – not including December. Government policy has failed, criticises the Left Group in the Bundestag. In 2001, the German Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Police Office) introduced the ‘Criminal Police Reporting…
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At least ten deaths after police used Taser in Germany: Introduction in further federal states to come
Five German states are using ‘distance electro-pulse devices’ in patrol duty, with more to follow. The Federal Police are also trialling their introduction in Berlin. In Germany, the police have been using Tasers since the turn of the millennium, but…