Overview
- On Tuesday evening, people dressed as Christmas Santas boarded the U6 at Odeonsplatz and distributed white‑red 'boarding pass' leaflets with xenophobic wording.
- Witnesses reported the incident to police, and the state security unit has opened an investigation into potential Volksverhetzung.
- Police attribute the stunt to the group known as Lederhosen Revolte, which Bavarian intelligence assigns to the right‑wing extremist Identitarian Movement.
- The Identitarian network is monitored by domestic intelligence for racist and Islamophobic positions and has used staged public actions in Bavaria before.
- As of Thursday, authorities had not announced arrests or charges, and investigators are also reviewing a possible link to recent far‑right graffiti at the Wittelsbacherplatz Christmas market, according to WAZ.