Four men from Lina E.'s environment have been charged with attacking right-wing extremists

The Gera public prosecutor's office has accused four men from the direct environment of the alleged left-wing extremist Lina E. who is on trial. The men between the ages of 22 and 30 are said to have been involved in an attack on a right-wing extremist in Eisenach in December 2019, senior public prosecutor Thomas Riebel confirmed on Thursday in a corresponding MDR report.

The right-wing extremist was attacked in front of his house in Eisenach and, according to the public prosecutor, was beaten with fists and pepper spray, among other things. The accused are charged with dangerous bodily harm and property damage, among other things. The charges were brought before the youth chamber and the large criminal chamber of the district court in Meiningen.

According to MDR, one of the accused has so far testified as a key witness in the trial against Lina E. (27). In the proceedings before the Dresden Higher Regional Court, the student from Kassel and three men from Leipzig and Berlin are on trial. The federal prosecutor accuses them of beating up members of the right-wing scene in Leipzig, Wurzen and Eisenach between 2018 and 2020. They are also accused of forming a criminal organization, of which Lina E. is seen as the head.