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"The suspects were in contact with convicted neo-Nazis in Austria and
like-minded people in Germany, the Czech Republic, Britain and the United
States."
Austrian Neo-Nazi Plot Uncovered
By ROLAND PRINZ
.c The Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A neo-Nazi group seeking to overthrow the Austrian
government was uncovered in the province where Adolf Hitler was born, police
said Friday.
Eight unidentified ringleaders have been arrested and about 60 people have
been questioned in connection with the group, police said, according to the
Austrian Press Agency.
The discovery comes amid growing concern about a right-wing revival in
Austria after the recent strong election showing of the anti-foreigner
Freedom Party. The party's leader, Joerg Haider, has denied any links to
neo-Nazi groups but has described Waffen SS members as ``men of character.''
Following an investigation that began in early August, police swooped down in
three waves on small groups of neo-Nazis who had formed an underground
network in three districts of Upper Austria province, where Hitler spent much
of his youth, the news agency said.
In searches of about 40 houses, investigators found Nazi propaganda material,
including videos, CDs, posters, flags T-shirts, as well as weapons,
ammunition, daggers, wine bottles with Hitler-portrait labels, parts of
uniforms and gas masks, the report said.
The suspects maintained contacts with convicted neo-Nazis in Austria and
like-minded people in Germany, the Czech Republic, Britain and the United
States, Herwig Haidinger, a senior police officer, told reporters in Linz.
He said the group was planning to set up training camps in the Czech Republic
to prepare for a ``political coup.''
Manfred Altendorfer, one of the investigators, said members of the group
would meet in steel-capped shoes, camouflage trousers, and some of them
sported military-type berets.
They face charges of engaging in neo-Nazi activities, a serious offense here.
Some of them will also be tried for inflicting bodily harm and material
damage, theft and larceny.
The report said the neo-Nazis sought to change the Austrian democratic system
and establish another ``anschluss'' of Austria - a repetition of the fateful
annexation of Hitler's homeland by Nazi Germany in March 1938.
Haidinger said the neo-Nazis, who proclaimed the ``purity of the German
race,'' planned to infiltrate various unspecified groups in Austrian society
and purchase more weapons.
They also played anti-foreigner and Nazi songs, and staged several attacks on
leftists and law enforcement officers.
One of the suspects was reported to have trained his small son to give the
``Heil Hitler'' salute with his right hand stretched upward. The young boy
also had to rattle off radical slogans.
Haidinger said members of the group had computer lists of members of leftists
in Upper Austria.
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