Overview
- The Federal Court of Justice largely confirmed the 2024 Jena verdict that treated the far‑right combat‑sport group as a criminal association rather than a terrorist organization.
- Judges ordered new sentencing for three defendants, with one case sent back for review of a possible weapons offense, while one conviction became final.
- Prosecutors had argued the group planned to kill political opponents with knives, axes and machetes, but the court found no legal error in Jena’s conclusion that intent to kill was not established.
- According to security authorities, the group formed in 2019 in Eisenach, used training to recruit and indoctrinate young men, sought to act as a local order force and established a so‑called ‘Nazi Kiez’.
- The ruling could shape related cases, following earlier decisions including the lifting of two arrest warrants in October and ongoing trials of additional alleged members in Jena.