The leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party polling second in national polls, will meet on Wednesday to initiate proceedings to expel members involved in an extremist militia, the party said.
In a statement, the party referred to "members affected by the measures taken by the attorney general," confirming a connection between the party and eight suspects arrested during a major police operation on Tuesday.
The operation targeted the Saxonian Separatists, a small group driven by racist ideology and conspiracy theories that had been training in warfare for the downfall of the modern German state.