Racism inquiry
BONN (Reuter) - Prosecutors are investigating 48 cases of right-wing incidents involving soldiers, the German parliament's military ombudsman, Alfred Biehle, said. Ordinary soldiers and four officers were involved in the cases, he said, but denied that the 400,000- strong armed forces contained large numbers of far-right extremists.
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