18 January 2012
One alleged member of the neo-Nazi group, Beate Zschaepe, blew up her flat in Zwickau
German ministers have approved plans to establish a national register of far-right extremists, after revelations of 10 neo-Nazi murders since 2000.
It is thought there are almost 10,000 neo-Nazis in Germany and the database would include information held by all federal and state authorities.
Police and intelligence have been criticised for failing to detect the gang allegedly behind the murders.
The database proposal still has to be backed by the German parliament.
The gang, known as the Zwickau cell, emerged only when a woman named as Beate Zschaepe blew up her rented flat in the eastern German city. The bodies of two alleged accomplices men were later found in a caravan.
The group has been linked to the murders of nine men - most of them of Turkish origin - and a policewoman, between 2000 and 2007. The cell is also blamed for two bomb attacks.
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