The ministry has confirmed previous media reports that an internal investigation was launched at the paratrooper base in Zweibruecken a few months ago due to right-wing extremist outbursts and inappropriate sexual behavior, reports Hina.
About thirty soldiers participated in extreme right-wing and anti-Semitic outbursts. An investigation is underway against “several dozen” soldiers for inappropriate sexual behavior towards female soldiers.
“Proceedings for dismissal from the army have been initiated against 19 soldiers,” the Bundeswehr spokesperson announced when asked by the German News Agency (Dpa).
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote about “Nazi parties” where the banned so-called Hitler’s salute.
The Ministry of Defense has announced an action plan that contains measures to prevent such cases within the Bundeswehr parachute units, which are known as the elite part of the army.
(Vijesti.ba)
