8 Germans charged with forming far-right terrorist group
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}German federal prosecutors say they've filed charges against eight Germans on accusations they formed a far-right terrorist organization and carried out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets.
The seven men and one woman are accused of forming in 2015 the "Freital Group," named after a suburb of the eastern city of Dresden that has seen a string of anti-refugee protests and other incidents.
Using banned powerful firecrackers from the Czech Republic, prosecutors say they made pipe bombs and other improvised explosive devices.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}They're accused of several attacks, including blowing up the car of a Left party politician, as well as two bombings of refugee homes in which windows were blown out and one asylum-seeker suffered facial cuts.
All eight have been in custody since April.