Austrian prosecutors announced criminal charges Monday against 17 members of the “Identitarian Movement” (IBÖ) connected to several of the group’s activities in recent years.
The state prosecutor in the city of Graz said 10 prominent members of the group and seven other “active sympathisers” were being charged with various counts of hate speech, criminal association, damage to property and coercion.
The charges follow raids last month at the houses of several members of the group, including one of its leaders Martin Sellner.
The group has staged several stunts in recent years to publicise what prosecutors called its “xenophobic ideology”. ...
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