German authorities launched raids in six German states on Wednesday over concerns that left-wing radicals were planning attacks to disrupt a Group of Eight (G8) summit in the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm next month, prosecutors said.
The prosecutor’s office said in a statement that about 900 security officials were searching 40 sites in six northern German states on suspicions left-wing militants had formed a ”terrorist organisation” to target the G8 meeting.
”We suspect those targeted, who belong to the militant extreme-left scene, of founding a terrorist organisation or being a member of such an organisation, which is planning arson attacks and other actions to severely disrupt or prevent the early summer G8 summit in Heiligendamm from taking place,” the office said. — Reuters