BERLIN (Reuters) - A legislator with the far-right Alternative for Germany party was arrested on Monday on charges including displaying forbidden totalitarian symbols, with neighbours of his fraternity complaining of often hearing the Nazi "Sieg Heil" victory salute.
Newly elected Daniel Halemba, 22, is due to take up his seat in the Bavarian regional parliament on Thursday.
He is a member of the Teutonia Prague student fraternity, whose premises were raided by police in September.
The party, second in polls in several eastern states, achieved record results in the western states of Bavaria and Hesse on Oct. 8.
Halemba, who joined the fraternity as a law student in Wuerzburg, has named Bjoern Hoecke, leader of the AfD's far-right wing, as his political role model.
Persons:
Daniel Halemba, Halemba, Maximilian Krah, Hoecke, Thomas Escritt, Rachel More, Nick Macfie
Organizations:
BERLIN, Bavarian
Locations:
Germany, Prague, Bavaria, Hesse, Wuerzburg