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Norwegian neo-Nazi wants to sue France

Norwegian neo-Nazi Kristian 'Varg' Vikernes is planning to sue France for falsely arresting him in July on suspicion of planning "a major terrorist attack".

Norwegian neo-Nazi wants to sue France
Kristian Vikernes in court aged 21 - Johnny Syversen / Scanpix
"We want to sue the authorities for arresting us for no good reason whatsoever, doing so in the most brutal way possible and with children present," he wrote on his blog, Thulean Perspectives. 
 
In the post the 40-year-old called on his followers to contribute money to fund the action. 
 
"We cannot afford to sue them, and we see no other solution to this than to ask for help from you," he wrote, before providing prospective supporters with an email address with which to contact him for bank details. 
 

Vikernes, a heavy metal musician, was arrested together with his French wife Marie on July 16 on suspicion of planning "a major terrorist act" modelled on that of far-right extremist Anders Breivik, after French police noticed that he had acquired several hunting rifles. He was released two days later when the authorities could find no evidence which would justify prosecution. 
 
In the blog he complained that the authorities had yet to return either his firearms or his ceremonial weaponry.  
 
"They…took decorative swords, my helmet, two spears, my wife's flint knives, and all sorts of other things too, most of them with great affection value," he wrote. 
 
In May 1994, Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years in prison for murdering the guitarist of a rival band and setting fire to churches. He moved to France on his release in early 2009, where he settled with his wife and children. 
 
He complained in his blog that his wife Marie had a "crime record as white as snow" and so should be permitted to own firearms. 
 
"I have a record in Norway but I have never done anything criminal in France, and I can own weapons even in Norway if I want to," he added. 
 
On the day of his arrest, the media made much of Vikernes's connections to Breivik, who sent him a copy of his manifesto on the day he mounted his attacks in Oslo in 2011, but Vikernes, a pagan, has in the past been critical of Breivik's self-identificiation with Christianity and his support for Israel. 
 
He signed off on the post "Hailar Wodenar!". 

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NEO-NAZI

Spain probes anti-Semitic speech at ‘horrific’ neo-Nazi rally

Prosecutors in Madrid on Tuesday said they had opened an investigation into anti-Semitic comments made at a neo-Nazi rally held at the weekend which drew ire from Spain's Jewish community.

Spain probes anti-Semitic speech at 'horrific' neo-Nazi rally
File photo of a man making a fascist salute in Madrid. Photo: AFP

The incident took place Saturday when around 300 people gathered at La Almudena cemetery, with footage on social media showing several people in the crowd repeatedly giving the Nazi salute.

The rally, which was also attended by a Catholic priest, was a commemoration of the so-called “Blue Division”, a unit of Spanish military volunteers that fought for the Nazis during World War II.

At the cemetery, they laid flowers in front of the memorial to the fallen Blue Division soldiers.

During the rally, a young woman gave an inflammatory speech echoing rhetoric from the 1930s.   

The region's prosecutors confirmed they had opened “criminal investigation to gather information about the anti-Semitic statements” which could constitute an offence relating to the exercise of fundamental rights and public freedoms, according to a statement received by AFP.    

“It is unacceptable that such serious anti-Semitic manifestations go unpunished,” said Isaac Benzaquen, head of the Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities, indicating that a complaint had been filed.

Israel's ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, also tweeted her condemnation, saying the statements were “repugnant and have no place in a democratic society”.

And the American Jewish Committee (AJC) described the rally as “horrific”, calling on the Spanish government on Twitter “to censure these groups endangering democracy”.

At least 200,000 Spanish Jews were forced into exile by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492. Known as Sephardim — the Hebrew term for Jews of Spanish origin — many fled to the Ottoman Empire or North Africa and later to Latin America.   

Today the Jewish community in Spain numbers around 40,000 people, community sources say.

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