Right-wing extremism-suspicion: a decision on the future of the SFC on Tuesday

In the search for consequences of right-wing extremism is suspected of being in the Elite unit special forces command (KSK) is closer to the defense Department

Right-wing extremism-suspicion: a decision on the future of the SFC on Tuesday

In the search for consequences of right-wing extremism is suspected of being in the Elite unit special forces command (KSK) is closer to the defense Department on a solution. Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) has announced that next Monday a visit with a task force in Calw, in the conversations with leaders and soldiers of the KSK wants to lead. A decision on the dissolution or Reform of the elite unit to fall on Tuesday.

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"The vast majority of the soldiers on the ground of the basic law. I'm guilty of it, to remove the extreme Right from the Bundeswehr," said Kramp-Karrenbauer in the "F. A. Z. Podcast for Germany", which will be sent this Wednesday at 17 o'clock. The KSK stand in situations involving the saving of human life. This functionality must be obtained.

In may were in the garden of an elite soldier, a weapons - and ammunition were discovered. Since then, the special forces command, which has for some time had the reputation to be a fertile biotope for right-wing extremism, under suspicion. By the letter of an officer of the Secretary of defense is the concern, it could not act alone to individual cases increased. In the Podcast, Kramp-Karrenbauer said, no measure should be excluded. "But it is not a martial gesture, but a factual analysis."

Date Of Update: 24 June 2020, 06:20