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 Delitos de la extrema derecha alemana infographic
El gráfico muestra las cifras de criminalidad de la extrema derecha y ataques letales más recientes.
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POLÍTICA

Récord de delitos de la extrema derecha alemana

By Duncan Mil

May 5, 2021 - Los delitos por motivos políticos surgen como un problema antes de laselecciones nacionales de septiembre en Alemania, han aumentado a más
de 44.600 y más de la mitad han sido perpetrados por la extrema derecha.

Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer presented the official statistics for politically motivated crimes committed in 2020 on Tuesday (May 4).

Some 23,604 crimes were right-wing extremist, an increase of 5.7% over the previous year.

Violent crimes classified as political surged by nearly 20% year-on-year to 3,365 and included 11 murders and 13 attempted murders, Seehofer said.

Recent politically motivated murders include the shooting of nine people in two shisha bars by a racist gunman in the western city of Hanau and a knife attack by a Syrian man on a gay couple in Dresden, killing one person, Seehofer said.

Seehofer also pointed to an increase of 11% for crimes coming out of the extreme left-wing scene, noting, in particular, a 45% increase in uses of violence.

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PUBLISHED: 05/05/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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