Four people accused of setting up a right-wing extremist group to attack mosques and housing for asylum seekers have been arrested during raids in Germany.
Police held three men and a woman and seized explosives during the operation involving 250 investigators on homes in Saxony and four other states, the federal prosecutor's office said.
Prosecutors claim the four helped found the "Old School Society" group and were also planning to attack well-known members of the extreme Islamic Salafist scene in Germany.
The four arrested, identified only as Andreas H, 56, Markus W, 39, Denise Vanessa G, 22, and Olaf O, 47, are being held on terrorism charges and are also accused of having procured explosives.
Andreas H and Markus W were identified by prosecutors as the group's president and vice president.
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