{
  "id": 7530139,
  "title": "Bundesanwaltschaft: Mutmaßliche Mitglieder von Eritrea-Terrorgruppe festgenommen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/bundesanwaltschaft-mutma-liche-mitglieder-von-eritrea-terrorgruppe",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-15T10:18:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/bundesanwaltschaft-mutmassliche-mitglieder-von-eritrea-terrorgruppe-festgenommen/100254686.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The German federal prosecutor's office has arrested two alleged members of an active Eritrean terrorist group operating in Germany near Saarbrücken and Stuttgart. The Karlsruhe authority accuses the men of membership in a domestic terrorist organization. They will now face the examining judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, who will decide on detention under investigation. The stated goal of the internationally connected association \"Brigade N Hamedu Germany\" is to overthrow the Eritrean government, according to the federal prosecutor's office. This goal was pursued in Germany through violence at events of supporters of the Eritrean government. \"Members of the association considered violence against German state institutions and representatives of state power, such as police forces deployed to protect the events, to be a legitimate means,\" the authority stated. Nationwide raid in March 2025 In connection with the investigations against the group, the federal prosecutor's office searched 19 locations in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Rhineland-Palatinate in March 2025. A search was also conducted in Denmark. At that time, 200 officials from the Federal Criminal Police Office and regional police forces were involved. No one was arrested then. The background includes the riots at the margins of Eritrean festivals in Gießen in the summer of 2022 and 2023, as well as a seminar by an Eritrean association in September 2023 in Stuttgart. The Eritrean festivals in Gießen were organized by the Central Council of Eritreans in Germany, which is regarded as pro-regime. Critics accuse the festival organizers of propagating propaganda for the Eritrean government, which the organizers deny. The two arrested men - an Eritrean and a German national - are said to have been significantly involved in the development of the structures of the \"Brigade N Hamedu Germany\" and in the organization of violent actions. The Eritrean was temporarily secretary general, the German was the first chairman of the group. Criticism of the authoritarian government in Eritrea The country on the Horn of Africa, with around four million inhabitants, is characterized by systematic repression, violence, and denial of fundamental human rights. According to human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, the authoritarian government of President Isaias Afwerki suppresses the population through forced labor, conscription, limited freedom of expression, belief, and press. There are also reports of large-scale massacres, extrajudicial executions, and sexual violence by security forces. The government of the one-party state, in which no elections are held, rejects the accusations as politically motivated.",
  "summary": "Bei Veranstaltungen mit Eritrea-Bezug kam es in Deutschland mehrfach zu Krawallen. Die Bundesanwaltschaft sieht eine Terrorgruppe dahinter – und lässt zwei mutmaßliche Mitglieder festnehmen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Spionage: Mutmaßliche Spionin Russlands in Berlin angeklagt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/spionage-mutma-liche-spionin-russlands-in-berlin-angeklagt",
        "published": "2026-09-14T09:53:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}