A false threatening letter was the 44-year-old’s downfall. His handwriting gave him away to the police. This emerges from a report from the Middle Franconia police headquarters. The man has now confessed, started the fire and one alleged threatening letter from Antifa The police in Nuremberg said they had faked it.

After the fire in the vehicle and the owner’s statements, the state security initially investigated because there was a politically motivated crime. After the investigations in this direction came to nothing, the owner increasingly came into the police’s sights. Finally, when analyzing the The alleged threatening letter shows striking similarities with the handwriting of the man was found.

AfD initially spoke of a “cowardly attack”

The AfD itself wrote in a press release on February 8th about a “cowardly attack” against a party member. The AfD local association Neustadt/Aisch announced consequences. “We are appalled by this Result of the investigation and note that it was good to place our trust in the objective investigations of the public prosecutor’s office,” it said in a statement. “We will take internal party disciplinary measures against the person in question.”

Protschka: Misconduct by an individual

AfD state leader Stephan Protschka emphasized that if the “suspicion of a crime” were to be confirmed, this would be a process that had to be fully clarified and legally classified. According to the current status, this is the misconduct of an individual. A blanket transfer to the entire party and its members is expressly prohibited.

Protschka justified the reaction of the AfD branches immediately after the fire. A politically motivated act to the detriment of the AfD was at least within the realm of possibility. “Against this background, it was understandable that appropriate considerations were made,” he said, referring to the attack allegations made by the AfD.