In Portugal, the neo-Nazi threat is becoming more precise and is worrying Europe
A neo-Nazi group was dismantled in Portugal on Monday, June 17, as it planned to attack Parliament to "overthrow the regime." This police operation, which comes after a series of neo-Nazi attacks, comes amid a rise in hate speech and racism in the country, to the point of causing concern at the European level.
“Terrorists were planning to storm Parliament,” headlined Correio da Manhã this morning . The newspaper stated in its headline that these “right-wing extremists,” members of the Movimento Armilar Lusitano (MAL), wanted to “overthrow the regime.” “But the day before, the Portuguese judicial police [PJ] thwarted their plan in a raid [enabling] the arrest of six people, including a police chief in Lisbon.”
The operation resulted in the seizure of Hitler's books, neo-Nazi leaflets, knuckle dusters (blunt bladed weapons), knives, pistols, shotguns, countless cartridges, as well as explosive devices, detonating wire, and weapons designed on 3D printers (which cost between 100 and 200 euros to manufacture).
Correio da Manhã also reports that this armed branch had created a Telegram group composed of 900 members and counted among its “friends” Manuel Matias, the father of Rita Matias, a young and media-friendly MP for Chega, a party
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