German police arrest eight suspected members of far-right militant group

Police officers during a raid against suspected members of a far-right militant organisation in Dresden, Germany (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

Police in Germany arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organisation early on Tuesday, Germany’s public prosecutor said.

The suspects, some of them minors and adolescents, were allegedly part of a group of around 15-20 individuals called Sachsische Separatisten, or Saxonian Separatists, that is characterised by racist, antisemitic and partially apocalyptic ideas, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.