Portuguese extremist group accused of terrorism intended to establish 'courts' to judge targets
Nine people have been accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office following an operation by the Judicial Police against the Lusitanian Armillary Movement, a collective that championed neo-Nazi ideas.
Portuguese extremist group accused of terrorism intended to establish 'courts' to judge targets
Nine people have been accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office of being members of an extremist collective operating in Portugal. The accusation follows an operation carried out last year by the Judicial Police, which ultimately did not hold all initially suspected individuals criminally responsible.
The group in question, known as the Lusitanian Armillary Movement, had as its project the creation of parallel judicial instances, where its members would judge and penalise individuals they considered guilty of the alleged "decline of the nation". The ideology underlying the movement was based on racist concepts, holding that citizenship and fundamental rights should depend on each individual's ethnic or blood origin.
The criminal investigation revealed that the accused followed a doctrine inspired by Nazism, seeking to impose their vision through mechanisms of intimidation and persecution of selected targets. The Judicial Police operation represents one of the most recent institutional responses to the activity of far-right radical movements in national territory.
The judicial process now follows normal procedures, with the courts responsible for evaluating the evidence collected and determining the responsibility of each defendant.
Source: Público