Germany arrests leading members of banned leftwing group
BERLIN – German police have arrested three senior members of the far-left group DHKP-C.
The group’s alleged Germany chief Ozgul E., and two other leading figures, were arrested following a long investigation, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
Ozgul E., who is also in Turkiye’s list of most wanted terrorists, was arrested on Monday 16th May in the southwestern city of Heidelberg, according to the prosecutors.
She was suspected of organizing the group’s propaganda, recruitment and funding activities across Germany, and believed to have supplied fake passports to the members of the group.
Serkan K., who had coordinated the group’s activities in northern Germany, was arrested in Hamburg.
Prosecutors said a third senior member of the group, Ihsan C., was arrested in the western city of Bochum on Wednesday 18th May.
He was suspected of coordinating DHKP-C’s activities in southern Germany, organizing propaganda activities, and providing fake ID documents and logistical support for the terror group.
Germany banned the DHKP-C in 2000, but the group is still active in the country, and has around 650 followers among the immigrant population, according to the domestic intelligence agency BfV.
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