Woman jailed for five years over attacks on neo-Nazis in Germany

The defendant Lina E (dpa via AP)

A 28-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison in eastern Germany for taking part in a series of attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists over a period of two years.

The Dresden regional court convicted Lina E, whose surname was not released due to German privacy rules, of membership of a criminal organisation and serious bodily harm, the dpa news agency reported.