### [2026-08-5](/feed/2026/08/5/index.md)

##### Far-right politics in Germany
# The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, convicts seven members and one supporter of a right-wing extremist group and sentences them to prison for attempted murder, arson, aggravated assault, and being members of a terrorist organisation for planning and carrying out arson and bomb attacks on asylum seeker shelters. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-group-conviction-prison-sentences-2eae8375b7c427ff1e945eb935ca0882)

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