A gaggle of hikers wearing Nazi uniforms — together with some from America — had been stopped by police within the Swiss Alps and ordered to take away their offensive outfits.
The hikers had been sporting Wehrmacht uniforms with Nazi insignia — together with swastika armbands — after they sparked alarm on Friday within the Bernese Alps, Swiss public radio outlet SRF reported.
Video reveals them marching openly previous shocked onlookers.
“The group consisted of round 25 folks from varied European international locations and america,” Deborah Zaugg, a spokesperson for Bern cantonal police, informed SRF, with out saying what number of of them had been from the US.
Police confronted the hikers the subsequent day and ordered them to take off their jackets with Nazi symbols, as a result of “we needed to forestall any sudden confrontations with third events,” Zaugg mentioned.
The boys's private particulars had been taken by the police, however not launched.
Switzerland, not like neighboring Germany, Italy, France, and Austria, doesn't prohibit folks from sporting Nazi symbols — which has been blamed for an increase in far-right extremist conferences there, SRF mentioned.
Final yr, each the Nationwide Council and the Council of States voted for a ban within the European nation.
