Radical ideologies - Scholz remembers instances of aggression, urges more resistance.
Scholz considers the incidents in Kassel and Cologne as two horrific occurrences. "Reflecting on these events holds significant importance for me - particularly now." The Chancellor underlined the surge in hostilities, attacks, and hurdles - German authorities have documented more than 60,000 politically triggered offenses in 2023. "This marks a dismal new high." Criminals should be promptly and unambiguously penalized.
Five years ago, Stephan E., a far-right extremist, fatally shot the former Kassel government president Walter Lübcke. Sunday marked the commemoration of the CDU politician at Kassel's Martin's Church, where Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was scheduled to speak as an honorary guest.
In Keupstraße, Mülheim's district of Cologne, the NSU killers Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt detonated a bomb overflowing with nails on June 9, 2004. The blast caused injuries to 22 individuals, some seriously. Authorities initially believed the Turkish community was responsible for the crime. The investigative focus veered towards right-wing extremism only after Mundlos and Böhnhardt were discovered dead in 2011, disclosing the National Socialist Underground as the real culprits.
