The N'Hamedu Brigade Faces Terrorism Allegations in Germany: Assessing the Threat of the Eritrean Group
Posted: 28 Apr 2025, 20:07
Ethiopian News & Opinion
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Searches on Suspicion of Forming and Membership of a Domestic Terrorist Organisation (“Brigade N’Hamedu”)
Year of issue
2025
Date
26.03.2025
Searches on Suspicion of Forming and Membership of a Domestic Terrorist Organisation (“Brigade N’Hamedu”)
Since this morning (26 March 2025), the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office has a total of 19 premises (of which eight in Hesse, four in North Rhine-Westphalia, three in Bavaria, two in Baden-Württemberg, one in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and one in Rhineland-Palatinate each) searched in execution of warrants issued by the Investigating Judge at the Federal Court of Justice. Another search measure in Denmark is being carried out simultaneously.
The measures target 17 suspects who have been identified. They are suspected of forming and/or membership of a domestic terrorist organisation (section 129 para. 1 of the German Criminal Code [StGB], section 129a para 1 no. 1 StGB). The current findings suggest that the suspects assumed senior positions within the so-called “Brigade N’Hamedu”. It is an internationally-connected network that intends to topple the Eritrean government. The branch in Germany has been active since no later than 2022 and has resorted, inter alia, to violence against events in Germany which are supported by the Eritrean government. Some members of the organisation consider violence against German government institutions and their representatives - e.g. police officers deployed to secure said events - as legitimate means. In this context, “Brigade N’Hamedu” is believed to have orchestrated violent clashes on the occasion of so-called Eritrea Festivals in Gießen on 20 August 2022 and 7/8 August 2023, as well as the seminar hosted by an Eritrean association in Stuttgart on 16 September 2023. Numerous police officers sustained in part significant injuries during said clashes.
Today’s measures serve to corroborate the established suspicious circumstances. More than 200 officers of the Federal Criminal Police Office and State-level law enforcement personnel are being deployed.
Another individual, who is suspected of holding a senior position within “Brigade N’Hamedu” in the Netherlands and Germany, has recently been sentenced by a Dutch court to a prison term of several years on account of his participation in clashes in The Hague on 17 February 2024.
And she is from Chigray
የብልጤ ቡችላ እፍረት የለም እንዴ? You know your boss is hosting a terrorist group. Hope you get your promised condo or condom. LOLAffable wrote: ↑29 Apr 2025, 13:58አቶ Elias Kifle the article doesn’t exist. I clicked the link three times, to read the same.
But you seem to imply, or you seemed to have chosen to believe, the Eritrean government’s belief: the Eritrean opposition is a terrorist organization. You seem to have outdone the Isayes’ cadres in your characterization of the opposition. They were refrained from calling them terrorists at least for now. They call them agames.
Ato Elias, is it because do you share the cadres’ belief that there is no political belief in Eritrea other than that of Isayes’ , or your hatred to the Ethiopian government blinded you to a point that you characterize the legitimate Eritrean opposition as terrorists. Had it not been the Eritrean opposition opened an office in Ethiopia, would you have called them terrorists. I know you to know the answer. It is the latter.
Affable wrote: ↑30 Apr 2025, 12:53By the way, Elias, I have no idea you are one of Isayes’ enthusiastic cadres. I knew once you have visited his “highness” in Asmara. But I have no idea that you belong to the echo chamber. You don’t need the Germans and the Dutch to brainwash you about the meaning of terrorism and terrorists. I encourage you to follow my way to understand Eritrea’s politics. I know it is almost impossible for you to do that. Your politics is a strange one. You hate someone first, and then you hate his politics. That has been the way you conduct politics.
I know I am wasting my time, but I give it a try nonetheless to drill some hard facts to your brain.
Let us start from a fact that Isayes is a dictator. He has not held elections for nearly four decades. He does not allow any political party to operate in Eritrea. He imprisoned journalists, politicians, practically everyone he or she has disagreed with him.
There are Eritreans who don’t like that. Eritreans who want an Eritrea that is not totally controlled by a single soul. You MF have the audacity to call them terrorists. Shame on you.
Affable wrote: ↑30 Apr 2025, 17:01“ አብረን ያደግንበት እንዴት ይረሳሻል” የመሀሙድን ዘፈን እና የአቢይና የ ኢሳያስ የጋራ ፎቶ ምን አንድ አደረጋቸው። ለየቅል። ከጅምሩ ጥሩ ጓደኝነት ነበራቸው ብሎ ማሰብ ስህተት መሰለኝ። ፓለቲካቸው ፉፁም የተለያየ ነው።
ብዙ የተባለለትን “ ፍቅር” አቢይ ነው ያኮላሸው ከሆነ የለጠፉከው ፎቶ የሚሰብከው አልስማማም። ከአቢይ ይልቅ ኢሳያስ ወዳጅን ወደጠላት የመቀየር ትልቅ ችሎታ አለው ባይ ነኝ።
ኢሳያስ ከነመለሰና ስብሀት ነጋ የተሻለ ኢትዪጺያዊ ፓለቲከኛ ወዳጅ እንደማያገኝ ኢትዪጺያኖች ብቻ አይደሉም አሜሪካዊው Herman Cohen ይመሰክራል። የነሱ ፍቅርም እንዴት እንደተቋጨ የምታውቅ መሰለኝ።
ለምን አሁን አቢይ የ ኢሳያስን ተቃዋሚዎች ደገፈ የማይታመን ሰው ነው ለማለት ከሆነ አድልዎ አሳይተሀል ባይ ነኝ።
ኢሳያስ በ ኢትዪጺያ ፓለቲካ ውስጥ እጁን የሚያስገባ ሰው አይደለም እያልክ ነው ማለት ነው። ያ እምነትህ ከድፉን ኢትዪጺያ ጋር ያቃርንሀል።
ከ ኢሳያስ ቼ በለው ወረድ ብለህ ነገርን በጥሞና አስብ። ያን ስታረግ አንድ ነገር ግልፅ ይሆንልሀል። አስመራ በሰላም ቁጭ ብሎ የ ኢትዪጺያን ፓለቲካ ማመስ ግዜው እንዳለፈበት።
ኢትዪጺያ በሰላማዊ ጉርብትና የሚያምን የ ኤርትራ መንግስት እንዲኖር ትሻለች። ለዛ ግብ መስራቱ ስህተት አይደለም።