The German Federal Police have arrested two leaders of the right-wing extremist group Goyim Partei Deutschland (GPD). One of them, Fadi J., was arrested in the Limburg town of Heerlen, several report German media. J. is one of the founders and leaders of the GPD and is suspected of participating in a criminal organization.
The other suspect, Marcus B., was arrested in Berlin. The homes of six other suspects were also searched. It is unknown whether J. lived in Heerlen.
The group was founded in 2016 and on social media calls for violence against Jews, among others. The GPD is also guilty of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda and neo-Nazi ideologies and denies the Holocaust.
According to the German Federal Police, the matter is “special” because the group would jeopardize the right of certain sections of the population to freedom of life.
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