Employees of AfD members: the order for the arson attack?

gave it to An employee of the AfD parliamentary Deputy in Ukraine, a fire attack in order. In the case of a defendant charged him hard. The AfD man denies the charge.

By Georg Heil and Lisa Wandt, RBB

The accusations against Manuel Ochsenreiter, who works in the Bundestag office of the AfD members Markus glad Maier. It's going to be a prosecution in Poland: There are three men before the court, which is accused of standing at 4. To February 2018 in the Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod, an arson attack on a Hungarian institution committed. The attack with Molotov Cocktails should be assigned to the Polish authorities, according to Ukrainian neo-Nazis, to strain the relations between the Ukrainians and Hungarians.

ox rider was the one who initiated the attack, said the Accused, Michal P. in Krakow during the Process, followed by a duration. P. to be a member of the Polish fascists grouping "Falanga", which supports the pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine. He is accused of, among other things, due to the financing of terrorism. Ochsenreiter had put him up to it, to search people, perform the deed. In addition, Ochsenreiter have picked the day and specific instructions are given. The two co-defendants have implemented, according to P. all to the ox rider Plan. The ARD-Magazin Kontraste and "t-online.de" were the reporters on the spot in the court in Krakow.

ox rider works for a AfD-members of Parliament - and to be involved in the attack in the Ukraine.

1500 Euro for stop pays?

He had communicated with ox riders, especially on the Messenger service Telegram, said the defendant. He had sent Ochsenreiter also, in retrospect, the Videos of the fact. To have been the statement that the action is very satisfied. Ochsenreiter told him previously that it was gone, especially to visible Smoke marks on the building.

More P. said Ochsenreiter have paid him for the deed. In total, he got 1500 euros, and money for a plane ticket. Michal P. was substantiated in court, that Ochsenreiter told him first of 500 euros in cash, hidden in a book sent to. The rest of the 1000 euros would be handed over to fact, Ochsenreiter him personally at the airport Berlin-Tegel after the age of.

The Journalist and right-wing extremism-expert Anton Shekhovtsov spread on Twitter, a photo, to see the accused, Michal P. and ochsenreiter together.

ox rider rejects accusations

To "Radio Free Europe" declared a lawyer, ox rider, his client, and he knew nothing of the accusation that Ochsenreiter have given instructions for the attack. This allegation should have been raised, was he wrong.

At the request of contrasts, and "t-online.de" the AfD in the Bundestag, glad Maier to the fact that his employees ride the accusations and made up call. He think it is rather plausible that the defendant Ochsenreiter incorrectly blame, "in order to improve its own Position". Only when the public Prosecutor's office arise in Poland charges against Ochsenreiter, he would take leave of him until the final clarification.

In the ongoing process ochsenreiter is not charged. Whether the Polish Prosecutor's office determined against him, did not want to answer with regard to the secrecy. Prosecutor Mariusz Sadlo said opposite contrasts: "If the name of another suspect show up, is it normal, that a further process is initiated."

2015

ox rider and Michal P. met, apparently, in 2015 to know and have common political contacts: Both have been in close contact to the activist Mateusz Piskorski, of the accused in Poland for espionage for Russian secret services, and imprisoned. In addition, Piskorski's supposed to be for Chinese services.