For ten years a group of neo-Nazis flew under the radar in Germany, allegedly killing 10 people and robbing many of banks. One quote from Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger stated “We are all asking how it could be that the security authorities allowed it to be possible for a known group of neo-Nazis to go underground at the end of the ‘90s and apparently over 13 years murder people in various German cities, carry out bombing attacks, and lethally attack police officers.” Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is tasked with tracking extremists, but each state has its own branch and its own police forces, which critics say resulted in a lack of coordination that helped the neo-Nazis remain undetected since 1998. The case came to light earlier this month when two members committed suicide after police closed in on them following a bank robbery. Federal prosecutors took over the investigation and decided to look at the group as a domestic terrorist organization.
This type of terrorism has been thought of as a thing in the past, but the world is realizing that these neo-Nazis have been lurking in secrecy and causing damage to innocent people as well as their own nation. It is shocking that this terrorist group was able to fly under the radar for so long. The government had an ill-equipped system of which to track groups such as these. What are people supposed to do when their government isn’t able to protect them from harm such as this? No system is perfect, but in this day and age with so many other terrorist groups, it is vital that governments are prepared and synchronized in order to help its citizens. Hopefully it was a flaw in German security that led to the continuation of this terrorist group, and not terrorists who had internal power with authorities all along.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/german-justice-minister-pledges-full-investigation-of-neo-nazi-group-linked-to-murders/2011/11/17/gIQAX1xyTN_story.html
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