Televised appeal and surveillance operation preceded the arrest, as authorities clamp down on alleged associates in the Antifa East and Budapest cases
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Antifascist activist Johann G. (31) was arrested in Thuringia on Friday by the fugitive squad of the Saxony State Criminal Police Office, media reported. The arrest is said to have taken place on a regional train near Weimar.
Johann G. had been underground for four years and was the most wanted ‘left-wing extremist’ sought by the authorities, alongside fugitive former RAF members Burkhard Garweg, Ernst-Volker Staub, and the recently captured Daniela Klette.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office recently offered up to €10,000 for information leading to his capture.
Authorities consider Johann G. to be the leader of the group surrounding the already convicted Leipzig antifascist Lina E., his former fiancée.
The group is said to have carried out several attacks on right-wing extremists since 2018, initially in Saxony and Thuringia
RAF members Burkhard Garweg, Ernst-Volker Staub, and the recently captured Daniela Klette.
Lina E. and three other antifascists were arrested at the end of 2020 and sentenced to prison terms of up to five years and three months in May 2023.
Johann G. had previously been convicted of politically-linked offences and had served prison time. After being released on probation in early 2020, he disappeared.
Solidarity demonstration in Germany. Photo: Indymedia.de
The Saxony State Criminal Police and the Federal Criminal Police had issued wanted posters and called for the public’s help on a television program. Initially, investigators suspected him to be in Thailand and other European countries, but at least at one point, he was believed to be back in Germany.
Alleged connection to Budapest case
According to media reports, his arrest on 8 November was facilitated by long-term surveillance of an activist classified as a ‘contact person’. For years, leftist groups in Thuringia…..
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