Police trained illegally with ammunition of war in Güstrow: shocked citizens!

Police trained illegally with ammunition of war in Güstrow: shocked citizens!

Güstrow, Deutschland - In the picturesque Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, more precisely in Güstrow, a really explosive story is now being illuminated. Special units of the police have illegally trained with war ammunition on the private shooting range "Great Bockhorst" since 2008. According to the NDR research, ammunitions were used between 2015 and 2019 that fall under the War Weapons Control Act and should therefore have been shot. These illegal training was uncovered in the course of investigations into the right-wing extremist Prepper "Nordkreuz", which has been criticized for some time and has been related to various incidents in the region.

The operator of the shooting range, Frank T., seems to be deeply involved in these machinations; At times he was a member of a "Nordkreuz" chat group. This throws a disturbing light on the relationships between the police and right -wing extremist structures. The investigation by the Rostock public prosecutor, which was initiated in 2021 due to possible violations of the War Weapons Control Act, have been hired, but there is a suspicion in the room that the police officers did not adequately pay attention to compliance with the regulations. Constanze Oehlrich from the Greens commented that illegal training showed the problematic cooperation between the state police and the shooting range operator, which could also be treated for right -wing extremism in the state parliament committee.

The complications around Frank t.

The entanglements of Frank T. include not only illegal training, but also serious legal consequences. The Schwerin public prosecutor has charged and an employee of the weapons authority, since there were violations of the War Weapons Control Act. The background to this indictment is an investigation into Marko G., a former SEK police officer and head of the right-wing extremist group Nordkreuz, in which tens of thousands of shot ammunition were secured in 2017. An employee of the weapon authority is said to have handed over 10 cartridges to Frank T. in November 2017, which has reinforced the suspicion of the integrity of the weapons authority on the part of the investigators.

A particularly shocking incident occurred in autumn 2018 when Frank T. offered a police officer to use official ammunition for private shooting exercises. The subsequent investigation revealed that this officer stole cartridges worth at least 3680 euros. With these machinations, T. was able to act profitably or use them for their own purposes. These incidents give an insight into the infiltration of state institutions through right -wing extremist actors and the failure of the authorities, because during eight other procedures against T., many were set unclear how deeply the suspicion is enough.

the social dimension

What is going on here is not just a local problem. Germany has experienced a worrying increase in right -wing extremists in recent years. In 2020, over 23,000 such acts were registered, including over 1,000 violent offenses. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution estimates the number of violent right -wing extremists at around 13,000, which underlines the worrying dimension of this development. These incidents, which are illustrated by the tragic events in Hanau or the attempted attack in Halle, clearly show that it is necessary to deal with the structures of right -wing extremism and take appropriate measures.