Man charged with calling for police officers to be killed

The police murder in Kusel shocked all of Germany. However, an alleged Reich citizen is said to have called for the killing of other police officers on Facebook. Now he has to answer in court.

After the murder of two young police officers during a vehicle check at the end of January in the Palatinate, a 55-year-old is said to Facebook called for more police officers to be killed. That is why the state central office for combating terrorism and extremism Rheinland-Pfalz the man is now accused, as she announced on Monday. Responsible for the murder of the two police officers cuddle is said to be another man who is believed to have been a poacher. He is in custody.

The 55-year-old is said to have approved of the double murder in two self-made videos on Facebook and called for the killing of other police officers, such as those at the Attorney General’s Office Koblenz local office reported.

Call for the hunt for police officers

In the first video, the 55-year-old, who is believed to be close to the so-called Reichsbürger, is said to have announced the founding of a “cophunter club” (policeman hunter club) and called for the hunt for police officers as a “new sport”. In the video, the man claimed that he would lure police officers onto a dirt road for 500 euros, where it would have been “free to shoot!” called.

In the second video, the man is said to have given the double murder at Kusel as an example that killing such young, allegedly inexperienced police officers did not pose any difficulties. He is said to have also claimed that he would pay 500 euros for a corresponding “coupling shot”.

Also charged with false vaccination card

According to the Attorney General Koblenz, the man is also accused in an email to the police Idar-Oberstein slandered and insulted the memory of the two police officers killed. In addition, the indictment accuses the alleged supporter of conspiracy theories of using a fake vaccination card.

The accused, believed to have deep hostile sentiments towards the state, was arrested on February 9 and is being held in custody. According to his own words, his Facebook profiles were comedy pages with satire. He denied falsification of documents with a vaccination card. The District Court of Idar-Oberstein is now deciding whether to admit the charges.

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