2023-07-27 15:09:38
Carinthia. Those who deny the existence of the Republic, issue fictitious documents and try to paralyze the authorities by filling them with meaningless applications. “Federal State of Prussia” Members of the anti-state association called the The home of state deniers, also known as the Reichsbürger, was searched. On Wednesday morning, a total of eight homes were searched in five states, primarily in Kärnten, and 36 people were questioned. There have been no arrests so far.
Members of the anti-state association „Bundesstaat Preußen“ had for some time been deliberately trying to paralyze the public administration in Austria. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution searched eight homes in a coordinated focus action, promptly an interrogation order was issued against 36 people. Across Austria, 41 people are being investigated in this context.
“Anti-state links pose a serious threat to the values and freedoms of our democracy. The high number of suspects caught in this operation makes it clear that the danger posed by this scene must be taken seriously, and this is what the Office for the Protection of the Constitution does.” Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, Director of the State Protection and Intelligence Agency (DSN), expressed his satisfaction with the focus operation.
Simultaneous home raiding in many states
At the direction of the Klagenfurt Prosecutor’s Office and with the coordination of the district administrative authorities, six Kärnten homes were searched simultaneously on Wednesday morning under the direction of the Kärnten State Constitutional Protection and Anti-Terrorism Bureau (LVT).
During the coordinated action, a large number of police patrols, Kobra task force and Kärnten task force, rapid response forces and service dog handlers of the Kärnten City Police Department task force, as well as state security sensors, forensic teams and IT investigators from the districts were deployed.
At the same time, two more house searches and more than 30 emergency subpoenas were carried out in the provinces of Vienna, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria and Lower Austria. It was learned that the investigation is still continuing.
Anti-state actions of the „Bundesstaat Preußen“
For some time, the incidents were repeated when members of the anti-state association „Bundesstaat Preußen“ operating throughout Austria deliberately tried to paralyze the public administration in Austria. Members of the organization, who have sent numerous documents to various authorities with a denial of the rule of law, reject the legitimacy of state organs and applicable laws. Members of the group are suspected of committing crimes such as treason and coercion in several cases, among other crimes against the state.
Anti-state associations such as the „Bundesstaat Preußen“ are groups that do not recognize the existence of the Austrian Republic, its institutions and the constitutional state system. Sovereign action of the state is rejected and in addition attempts are made to undermine the form of government specified in the constitution, a constitutional institution of the Republic of Austria or one of its federal states. (yenivatan.at)
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