German police on Tuesday launched a new wave of raids targeting The Last Wave of Defence, a far-right extremist cell believed to have been plotting attacks against migrants and political opponents.

Officers searched properties linked to 10 suspects, including a suspected ringleader, who are believed to have joined the group between April and December 2024.

They are accused of membership in a domestic terrorist organization, the federal public prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe said.

Police first moved against the group in May, arresting five male teenagers across several German states suspected of plotting violent attacks against migrants.

According to prosecutors, the group sees itself as defending the “German nation” and aimed to trigger a collapse of Germany’s democratic system through acts of violence, primarily targeting migrants and political opponents.

Eight suspects believed to be involved with the group, including the five arrested in May, went on trial in Hamburg earlier this month on charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and grievous bodily harm.

More specifically, they are accused of planning and carrying out arson and bomb attacks on asylum seekers’ homes and facilities associated with left-wing groups.

No arrests were made during Tuesday’s raids, which targeted properties in the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schlewsig-Holstein, prosecutors said.

Two suspects are also being investigated over dangerous bodily harm related to attacks on suspected paedophiles.