Prosecutor Wants Custody for Suspects from Police Raid on Neo-Nazi Group

Bratislava, 22 May (TASR) - A prosecutor from the Bratislava Regional Prosecutor's Office has filed a motion with the Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica to remand in custody three people accused of engaging in the activities of a neo-Nazi group operating in Bratislava, spokesperson of the Bratislava Regional Prosecutor's Office Gabriela Kovacova told TASR on Thursday. Twenty people were detained during the police raid on Tuesday (20 May), with 14 of them accused of criminal activities. "The suspected members of the group, which is believed to include youngsters, are accused of committing several extremism-related crimes, including founding an extremist group, expressing sympathy for movements suppressing basic human rights and disseminating extremist materials. Some group members were also engaged in activities of a violent nature, such as physical attacks on other people," explained Kovacova. According to Kovacova, house and personal searches were carried out, with several electronic devices and extremist materials, such as flags and clothing, seized during them. The prosecutor proposed remanding the three men in custody for preventive reasons. All three have previously been convicted of deliberate crimes, two of them for extremism-related ones. ko/df