Berlin, Nov 17 (ANI): A neo-Nazi terrorist group that was responsible for several murders and bombings across Germany, had a hit list of 88 possible targets, which included prominent politicians, it has emerged.
Investigators discovered the list during inquiries into the activities of the so-called National Socialist Underground (NSU), a gang believed to have shot dead nine men of immigrant background and a policewoman.
According to the Telegraph, along with politicians the names of leaders from Germany's large Turkish and Islamic communities were also found on the list.
The number 88 is apparently code for Adolf Hitler in neo-Nazi circles because the letter H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and is code for 'Heil Hitler,' the paper said.
Two of those apparently targeted are senior politicians from Munich, the Green MP Jerzy Montag and the Christian Social Union MP Hans-Peter Uhl. Both said they were deeply shocked by the revelation.
According to the paper, the gang's members first became known to the authorities in the 1990s when they entered the neo-Nazi scene.
The gang's end only came this month after a failed bank robbery led to two of its three members committing suicide and the survivor handing herself into the police after destroying their hideout in the east German town of Zwickau.
German authorities have been widely criticised for their failure to stop the group. To address the issue the nation's Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich called for a national database on far-right extremists similar to that developed for Islamic radicals to counter the threat of neo-Nazi terrorism.
Friedrich said, "all data on violent extremists and violence with right-wing political motives needs to be brought together". (ANI)
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