Prosecutors say they have charged one of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party with a second count of uttering a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke was already scheduled to go on trial in Halle on April 18.
FILE - Bjoern Hoecke, the candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party for the post of governor in the German state of Thuringia, attends elections at the state parliament in Erfurt, Germany, March 4, 2020. Prosecutors say they have charged one of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party with a second count of uttering a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers at a political event.
In the case already scheduled for trial, Höcke is charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organizations. He is accused of ending a speech in Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!” In the new case, prosecutors allege that he repeated the offense at an AfD event in Gera, in his home state, on Dec. 12 last year, “in certain knowledge of the punishability” of the slogan.Trial of most prominent suspects in alleged German coup plot to open next monthThey said in a statement that Höcke said “Everything for ...” and encouraged the audience to shout “Germany!” Höcke hasn’t yet responded to the latest charges, they added.
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