Ready-to-fire MG, tons of ammunition and Nazi memorabilia seized
Police press conference after the Reichsbürger raid: Seized weapons and ammunition are on the table. Also shown is a ballistic shield that was damaged during Wednesday’s operation
Bad Mergentheim – One day after the Reichsbürger raid in the 400-person village of Bobstadt near Bad Mergentheim (Baden-Württemberg), the chief public prosecutor, Dr. Florian Kienle clear: “It is only thanks to fortunate circumstances and the police equipment that nobody died!”
Review: Wednesday, 6 a.m. Police special forces want to confiscate a weapon on the premises of Heiko A. (49). The police were aware that a 54-year-old Reich citizen was said to be living in the owner’s apartment building. But when the officers tried to gain access to the house through a window, at least one resident shot the special forces through the closed shutters!
A police officer was seriously injured by shots from a fully automatic weapon (Kalashnikov type) in both thighs. More shots hit the officer on his protective vest. His colleagues saved themselves with the injured in an armored vehicle.
After hours, the residents living on the site – five men and two women – turned themselves in to the police. The house that caught fire burned down to the ground. At times, five police helicopters were deployed at the same time.
What the police found on the site, which was monitored by cameras and secured by high fences, shocked even experienced criminalists.
Andreas Stenger, President of the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office: “In two residential buildings we found large, walk-in armories with several long guns, two of which were fully automatic and one Heckler & Koch G3. An MG42 machine gun with ammunition was found ready to fire in the living room.”
In addition, other ammunition of various calibers as well as handguns and stabbing weapons were found. “In addition, many National Socialist devotional items, Reich war flags and corresponding material, which can be clearly located in this extremist scene,” said the LKA President. The investigators also discovered night vision devices, thermal imaging cameras and laser target devices.