German Court Sentences Young Members of Right-Wing Extremist Group ‘Last Defense Wave’ to Prison
Seven members and one supporter received juvenile prison terms of up to five years for arson, bomb plots and terrorist organization membership, dpa reported.
- On Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg convicted seven members and one supporter of the far-right terrorist group Last Defense Wave on charges including attempted murder, arson, and aggravated assault.
- The group planned and carried out arson and bomb attacks on asylum seeker shelters and left-wing facilities, while allegedly engaging in so-called pedo-hunting and scrawling slogans like "foreigners out" on building facades.
- During an October 2024 arson attack in Altdöbern, Brandenburg, the group destroyed a cultural center; in January 2024, two members unsuccessfully attempted to ignite an asylum seeker shelter in Schmölln, Thuringia, using pyrotechnics.
- An additional planned arson attack in Senftenberg, Brandenburg, was prevented due to tips from a reporting team, and authorities detained two more teenagers in Thuringia during June for alleged membership in the group.
- Wednesday's rulings remain subject to appeal; the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court suspended the one and a half year sentence for the youngest defendant, according to German news agency dpa.
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Eight members and supporters of the right-wing extremist group "Last Wave of Defense" have been sentenced to prison for up to five years.
They participated in a far-right cell called "Last Wave of Defense" - Seven of the defendants were convicted of participating in a terrorist organization and the eighth as a supporter of it
Ben H. was only 13 years old when he joined 'Last Wave of Defense' (L.V.W.), a German extreme-right terrorist organization whose main objective was to “create chaos”. When he heard today in room 237 of the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg his sentence to one and a half years of “juvenile detention”, he nodded his head. He was patted on the back by his lawyer and smiled when he heard the expression “probation.” The presiding judge, Ulrike Taeubne…
The far-right cell, founded no later than 2024, had committed attacks with explosives and arson against refugees and members of the left and was planning other similar acts. The post Up to five years in prison for eight teenagers in Germany who attacked refugees and activists appeared first on in.gr.
In particular, the defendants were suspected of wanting to organize attacks against refugees and left-wing activists. The German justice system on Wednesday sentenced adolescents to sentences ranging from:
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