Far-right group based in Grand Duchy lures suspected paedophiles through fake social media accounts. Luxembourg police have carried out house searches as part of an investigation into a self-proclaimed paedophile hunter group, founded by neo-Nazis. On Tuesday, officers from the anti-terrorism branch of the criminal investigation department carried out searches at the homes of two Luxembourg nationals, while a French citizen was body searched. The men are being investigated for inciting hatred, violating weapons legislation and the creation of a criminal organisation, Luxembourg police said on Tuesday. The group aims to lure suspected child abusers into an ambush and “beat these people into a coma” and “castrate them like dogs”, exchanges in a Telegram group show. The paedophile hunter group exchanges on a recently created Telegram group chat. The founding members are neo-Nazis, as research by the Luxemburger Wort reveals. The members are openly committed to right-wing extremism and antisemitic ideas and count themselves among the ranks of the “National Socialist Youth of Luxembourg” movement. (…) The alleged leader of the neo-Nazi group has been spreading far-right propaganda online for some time. On his Tiktok account, he incites hatred against foreigners and trivialises the Holocaust. He also runs a far-right Telegram channel with over 1,200 members from Germany and abroad. Recruitment via TikTok The newly founded group of young men who want to hunt down suspected paedophiles aim to do so by luring them with fake social media profiles into an ambush. Since mid-July, the group has been actively recruiting Luxembourg participants for its “paedophile hunt” via a new TikTok account. Presenting itself as an alternative to the police, the group invites interested parties to access a Telegram group via a link. About 100 people have joined the chat so far, of which many are minors, according to the group. Openly anti-semitic and far-right symbols and ideas are shared there too. (…) The paedophile hunters take inspiration from a Russian neo-Nazi known as Tesak. Tesak, who has since died, started a violent movement in the early 2010s, initiating physical attacks and humiliating men his group accused of child abuse, in attacks which were filmed and posted online. The movement has since spread to a variety of countries. In France, a man was killed in April after he was ambushed by minors who had used fake pictures of a teenage girl on a dating site to lure him.
via luxtimes: Luxembourg police investigate neo-Nazi paedophile hunters