Dutchman in spotlight in international probe into neo-Nazi terror groups

A 19-year-old Dutchman is one of six people under suspicion of forming an international terrorist neo-Nazi organisation, the Volkskrant reported on Wednesday.

Six people were targeted during a string of raids on property and prison cells in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, the paper said. One raid took place in the Netherlands. According to German media reports it was on the home of suspect Jeroen B in Zuid-Holland province.

Spiegel magazine said the raids are part of a secret investigation launched months ago by Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office following reports  several individuals were planning to form a terrorist group.

The six are suspected of planning bomb attacks to overthrow the German politicial system, Spiegel said. No arrests have yet been made.

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