Right-wing Murders in Germany

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A study conducted by two German newspapers and released Thursday found that at least 137 people have been killed by right-wing extremists in the country since reunification in 1990. The number is triple that of official government estimates.

Journalists from the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel and the German weekly Die Zeit, arrived at the number after reviewing court cases and conducting interviews with judges, lawyers and victims' organizations.

The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the domestic intelligence agency responsible for monitoring right-wing extremism in the country, cited 47 deaths in its official figures during that time frame. For 2009, the agency lists one homicide at the hand of right-wing extremists, five attempted homicides and 738 injuries.

Officials said those numbers represent only crimes that are offically classified as "politically motivated from the right."


http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,717800,00.html