An Austrian far-right activist accused of posting neo-Nazi songs online, one of which was used by the perpetrator of an antisemitic attack in Germany in 2019, was on Thursday jailed for 10 years.
Prosecuted for glorifying Nazi ideology, “the defendant was found guilty,” Vienna court vice-president Christina Salzborn told AFP.
The court ruled that the 37-year-old man was “particularly dangerous”.
His younger brother, the administrator of an antisemitic website, was sentenced to four years in prison.
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Both men can appeal.
The neo-Nazi rapper, who used the pseudonym “Mr. Bond”, was identified by investigators through his PayPal account PayPal.
He hijacked rap hits, giving them new lyrics glorifying the Nazi ideology and antisemitic or racist in nature.
He has been in detention since his arrest in January 2021,
One of his songs was used by the perpetrator of an attack in eastern Germany in October 2019, which left two people dead
The attacker, Stephan Balliet, filmed the attack and broadcast it on the internet, with the song used as a backing track.
The glorification of Nazi ideology is a crime in Austria, the country where Adolf Hitler was born.
