German plan to tackle far right could strip 1,500 suspects of gun licences

Background checks tightened, online incitement targeted and financial flows to extremists cut off

Germany's top security officials have announced a 10-point plan to combat far-right extremism in the country that includes disarming 1,500 suspected extremists and tightening background checks for those wanting to acquire guns.

The interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said the far right posed the biggest extremist threat to democracy in Germany and authorities would seek to tackle the issue through prevention and tough measures.