Neo-Nazis and their sympathizers march with torches in the German city of Dresden. (File photo)<\/p>\n
German prosecutors say police have attacked several buildings in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands in search of evidence of intended terrorist assaults by the \u00cb\u0153Werewolf Squad\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 far-right group.\n<\/p>\n
According to the Spiegel Online website, the group was suspected of planning bomb attacks. The website also said the group modeled itself on the \u00c5\u201cWerewolf\u201d commandos whom the Nazis wanted to dispatch behind enemy lines towards the end of World War II.\n<\/p>\n
German Federal Prosecutor\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Office said on Wednesday that the group apparently aimed to weaken Germany\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s political system. \u00c5\u201cIt is suspected they wanted to carry out terrorist acts of violence to this end.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
During Wednesday\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s attacks, which were started by Germany, officers explored flats and offices in the northern states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Hamburg. <\/p>\n
Police in Switzerland also searched two suspects\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 prison cells.\n<\/p>\n
Computers, memory cards as well as documents in the apartments and offices of four individuals in the three countries were confiscated. However, a spokesman for German prosecutors said no concrete evidence of an attack plan had been discovered so far.\n<\/p>\n
The spokesman added that no one was arrested, but police in the Netherlands said one arrest was made near The Hague.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Federal Prosecutor\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Office said the far-right group seemed to have developed an electronic encryption program.\n<\/p>\n
Authorities in Germany have come under pressure to increase their response to threats from far-right groups following the 2011 discovery of a neo-Nazi cell called the National Socialist Underground (NSU).\n<\/p>\n
The NSU is suspected of killing 10 people including eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007.\n<\/p>\n
Germany\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s police and the domestic intelligence agency in particular have faced accusations of being blind to far-right militancy.\n<\/p>\n
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