On March 26, German police conducted a major raid against suspected members of the Brigade N'Hamedu in six German states. A police search was also carried out in Denmark.

The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office has accused 17 defendants of founding, or being members of, a domestic terrorist organization.

Security authorities have classified the German branch of Brigade N'Hamedu as a terrorist organization, and believe members of the group organized violent attacks at various Eritrean festivals in Germany in 2022 and 2023. In recent years, exiled Eritreans are also thought to have been responsible for massive outbreaks of violence in the Netherlands and Sweden.

According to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, the Brigade N'Hamedu is "an internationally networked group whose stated goal is to overthrow the government in Eritrea."

"Some members" also consider "violence against German state institutions and representatives of state power" to be "legitimate."

What lies behind the confrontation between various Eritrean diaspora groups? Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa, seceded from Ethiopia in 1993

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