German police computer was searched for data on politician threatened by neo-Nazis

Interior minister announces investigation but says no-evidence' of network of rightwing extremists in police

German police are facing growing accusations of links with the far right after a police computer was used to search for details of a leftwing MP who received death threats.

Peter Beuth, the interior minister for the state of Hesse, announced on Thursday that he would appoint a special investigator to try to shed light on the case.