German investigators mentioned Friday that they seized weapons, together with three hand grenades and a crossbow, from the house of a suspected anti-government extremist that was searched as a part of a hate speech probe.

Prosecutors mentioned the 55-year-old from Munich, who’s believed to be an adherent of the far-right Reich Citizens’ Movement, was arrested. Its supporters deny the legitimacy of the present-day German structure and authorities, claiming as an alternative that the German empire, or Reich, of 1871 nonetheless exists.

German authorities seized weapons on the residence of a suspected anti-government extremist Friday.

He was being investigated on suspicion of endorsing crimes and disparaging the reminiscence of the lifeless. That was due to an alleged Twitter publish final 12 months approving of the deadly capturing of two law enforcement officials in western Germany in January 2022 once they stopped two males suspected of poaching.

Munich prosecutors mentioned that, when the suspect’s house was searched on Thursday, they discovered weapons together with a number of knives and golf equipment, a crossbow, a semiautomatic pistol, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and three hand grenades.