The men, aged between 45-53, were affiliated with far-right neo-Nazi groups and had intended on "hunting Jews" during a soccer match in Strasbourg.
Highlights
- Four neo-Nazi men in France’s Alsace region were indicted for possessing and trafficking an “impressive” amount of weapons that were intended for use against Jews, prosecutor Edwige Roux-Morizot said on Friday.
- The men, aged between 45-53, had intended on “hunting Jews” during a soccer match in Strasbourg, she said.
- French police seized 18 legal and 23 illegal guns and some 120,000 bullets, as well as Neo-Nazi literature, the prosecutor said.
- Report: Reports of antisemitic incidents in France increased by 75% in 2021, according to Jewish Community Security Service, the French Jewish community’s main watchdog group.