Ministry of the Interior in Saxony-Anhalt: investigating LKA officials
Magdeburg In Saxony-Anhalt Criminal investigations have been initiated against four officers of the State Criminal Police Office (LKA). It’s about the suspicion extremism.
Two officials are employed in the field of personal protection, as the Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday in Magdeburg. “By evaluating another person’s mobile phone, bilateral contacts with these officials and bilateral communication processes with content that downplayed National Socialism (according to the current state of testing) became known,” the authority said.
The LKA had forbidden the two officials from the area of personal protection to conduct official business. The other two officials were transferred to the office. In addition, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against all four people – among other things, on suspicion of violating the duty of loyalty to the constitution.
The Ministry of the Interior further stated that there was never any danger for persons protected. The MDR Saxony-Anhalt had previously reported that two bodyguards from Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) are said to have been withdrawn from service. The “mirror” was confirmed.
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According to the current status, there is no evidence that the officials were active in right-wing extremist chat groups or belong to the prepper scene, the ministry said. Preppers are people who prepare extensively for emergencies and disasters because they don’t believe that state crisis management works.
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