German society ‘brutalised’ as far-right crimes hit record levels

Police recorded almost 24,000 far-right crimes last year - the highest level since records began

Germany's interior minister has said that a dramatic rise in rightwing extremist crime demonstrates a brutalisation" of society and poses the biggest threat to the country's stability.

Horst Seehofer said politically motivated crime in general was a growing problem, pledging more police surveillance of protest groups as a result.