Schwerin (dpa/mv) - The new NSU investigation committee in the Schwerin state parliament started its work on Monday, but was unable to gain any new insights into the crimes of the right-wing extremist terrorist cell during the first witness hearing. A police officer was questioned about the Sparkasse raids in Stralsund carried out by NSU members Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Böhnhardt in November 2006 and January 2007. But the witness was not involved in the first investigation at the time and was therefore unable to provide any new information, said committee chair Martina Tegtmeier (SPD).
In the previous election period, a special parliamentary committee dealt with the activities of the "National Socialist Underground" (NSU) and possible investigative errors. Between 2000 and 2007 nine murders can be attributed to the NSU. One of the victims, Mehmet Turgut, was shot dead in Rostock in February 2004. The perpetrators Mundlos and Böhnhardt were found dead in a burned-out mobile home in Eisenach in November 2011, their accomplice Beate Zschäpe arrested shortly afterwards and brought to justice.
Like other members of the state parliament, the Green MP Constanze Oehlrich still sees a considerable need for clarification. "This applies to the two bank robberies in Stralsund, but also to the NSU's support networks that have not yet been adequately examined," she said.
Left-wing MP Michael Noetzel was convinced that "the nationwide series of murders and robberies by the NSU could only be accomplished with massive logistics and appropriate support." Noetzel referred to documents that were secured after the trio was exposed. Street maps fueled the suspicion that the right-wing terrorist network had planned further serious crimes in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, especially in Greifswald.
The first NSU investigative committee of the state parliament was not able to complete its work in the previous legislative period because many of the files requested were not available or only incomplete and witnesses who had already been named were not heard. The new special committee should also expand its investigations to younger militant right-wing structures, including the prepper group "Nordkreuz".
