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Neo-nazis arrested after arms find (1)

01 January 1991

Neo-nazis arrested after arms find
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Recent months have seen a rising tide of racist attacks by neo-
nazi skinheads across Hungary which, according to the anti-racist
Martin Luther King organisation, have left between 60-80 black
people injured. It has been claimed that much of the impetus for
these attacks has come from the west and the discovery of an arms
cache, which included grenades and guns, along with fascist
propaganda, at a sports club in Gyoer, Hungary, goes some way to
confirm this.

Seven members of the Hungarian National Socialist Action Group
were detained, but later released, by the police, but the club
has also been linked to Gottfried Kussel, leader of the Austrian
neo-nazi People's Loyal Parliamentary Opposition (Vapo), who was
arrested by the Austrian authorities following the find. Vapo
are known to have been involved in organising paramilitary
training camps, outside of Vienna, for some time but, it is
claimed, their activities were not reported. Much of the funding
for their training, and propaganda, is believed to have come from
the United States and the name of former Ku Klux Klan leader,
David Duke, who recently stood for the governorship of Louisiana,
has been mentioned in the course of investigations. Kessel is
seen as pivotal figure in these networks. Four other members of
Vapo, who were close to Kessel, were arrested in January for a
firebomb attack on a refugee centre housing 200 people.
European 6.2.92; Independent 21.1.92, 24.1.92; Times 30.1.92

Statewatch Vol 2 No 2 March/April 1992