Reflecting growing danger posed by far-right in Germany, police have foiled a far-right attack on refugee shelters in Bavaria, amid increasing violence and threats against refugees.

“If these are thrown into a car or a smaller space, people can be seriously injured or killed,” Werner Mikulasch, the local deputy police chief, told the Telegraph on Thursday, October 22.

The suspects were growing “more radical and more violent by each month.”

The police was talking about the “highly dangerous explosives” that far-right extremists planned to use in an attack on two government shelters for asylum-seekers in the town.

Police arrested 11 men and two women aged between 21 and 36, are believed to be members of The Right, a small local far-Right party, and Nügida, a Bavarian offshoot of the Pegida anti-immigrant movement.

During police raids in the Bavarian town of Bamberg, police seized a gun, knives and illegal fireworks, well as far-Right propaganda material including a red flag bearing a swastika.

The far-right group, which aimed to spread fear and terror, has been described by the chief prosecutor for Bamberg Erik Ohlenschlager as a “violent and brutal group” who “are dangerous and have to be taken seriously”.

The far-right extremists planned to attack the refugees on October 31, the same day in which anti-refugees protests are scheduled.

According to the Federal Criminal Police (BKA), more than 285 attacks on migrant centers across Germany were reported between July and September.

At least 576 offences targeting refugee hostels since the start of the year, including cases of criminal damage and inciting hatred, 523 of which were committed by far-right extremists, BKA added.

"Alongside the attacks on asylum-seeker hostels, attacks against officials held responsible (for the influx of migrants), such as politicians or the managers of lodging places, could grow," a BKA spokesperson told Agence France Presse (AFP).

The number of newcomers is enormous. Of the more than 800,000 new asylum seekers expected in Germany this year, some 80 percent are Muslims, according to the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD).

More than 161,000 Syrians now live in Germany and the number is expected to grow further, making it the largest Syrian community in Europe.

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