The German police are investigating information that there are groups of militants from the far right in the streets of Amber. In the town near the Czech border, four people were attacked by passers-by over the weekend. The case sparked a debate in Germany on tightening the procedure for expelling asylum-seekers who have committed a violent crime.
Police, on Thursday, told the agency that they know about social networking contributions that are shown by supporters of the extreme right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in the streets of Amber. They are wearing reflective tapes and red reflective vests on the photos and videos, with the words “We’re creating protective zones”. They are moving, among other things, in places where attacks took place at the end of last year. But according to the police spokesperson, there is no specific information about regular patrols or demonstrations in the streets of the Upper Palatinate.
The Mayor of Amber, Michael Carny, has also pointed out contributions to the Facebook of the NPD in Nuremberg. At the same time, he stressed that in his city the extreme right-wing scene is virtually non-existent, but only individuals with extremist views are known. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AFD), however, received 13.1 percent of the votes in Amber in last year’s election. In all of Bavaria, she gained 10.2 percent.
The tension in Amber, which lies halfway between Nuremberg and the Czech border, has begun to increase after a weekend in the center of the city has attacked a group of four under crown asylum seekers – three young men from Afghanistan and one from Iran – to passers-by. Injuries, mostly light, suffered from twelve people aged 16 to 42. However, a 17-year-old boy had to have a head injury to the hospital. All four attackers are in custody. But according to Bavarian Interior Minister Machismo Fisherman, three of them are legally impossible to expel at present.
The case in Germany has sparked a debate on the expulsion of asylum-seekers who commit a crime. For example, Interior Minister Holst Coffeehouse has advised he wants to propose tightening the procedure for such expulsion. On the contrary, Greens, Leftists and FDP liberals have warned of an exaggerated response to the Amber incident, and have called for the more rigorous implementation of current laws. The topic was also taken up by the Bavarian AD organization. Her Deputy Chair, Karin Abner-Steiner, has announced that she will be visiting Amber today to “make her own picture of the situation in the city.”
Police spokesman, however, stressed on Thursday that the security situation in Amber is good and there are plenty of cops on the ground.