Exremism

German Military Investigating Far-Right, Nazi Sympathies in its Ranks

German military counterintelligence is looking into 275 reported cases of far-right extremism within the country’s military ranks, including soldiers saying “Heil Hitler,” performing Nazi salutes and calling for violence against migrants.

The German military counterintelligence service (MAD) is looking into more than two hundred cases of far-right extremism among military ranks, according to a German Defense Ministry letter to the nation's Parliament, reported by local media.

The agency is looking into 53 cases that are said to have already happened in 2017, 143 cases from 2106 and 79 from earlier.