File image of soldiers from the elite Special Operations Unit. Photo: DPAProsecutors in Tübingen have launched a probe into explosive claims of far-right extremism in a German army special forces unit. The investigation comes after a woman acquainted with one of the soldiers claimed some troops in the elite Special Operations Command (Kommando Spezialkräfte) had exchanged Nazi salutes and listened to music popular among neo-Nazis at a party near Stuttgart. The German Army said it was also launching an internal probe. The Special Operations Command is an elite German army unit.

Source: The Local August 17, 2017 15:56 UTC