Frankfurt police tactical unit probed over far-right chats
June 9, 2021
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BERLIN (AP) Police in the German city of Frankfurt said Wednesday that the department s tactical unit is being restructured amid an investigation into its member participating in a chat group where far-right messages were exchanged.
Frankfurt Police President Gerhard Bereswill said the unit s members are currently barred from work and one has been suspended from the force.
“It s terrible, it s serious what has been put forward here,” Bereswilll said of the the alleged chat messages, without elaborating.
Hesse state police and Frankfurt prosecutors have launched a probe and searched several properties Wednesday.
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