Germany bans far left website accused of promoting violence

BERLIN - 25 August 2017: Germany's Interior Ministry has banned an internet site on allegations it was used to foment left-wing extremist violence, including at this summer's G-20 summit.

The website was responsible for mobilizing violent actions and attacks on infrastructure targets and provide information on how to make gasoline bombs and other incendiary devices with timers, ABC news quoted German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizier as saying.

There is no place for radical or violence-prone extremism in our society from any side, de Maizier added.

The ban comes less than two months since the G-20 summit in Hamburg, which saw three nights of violence.

The Interior Ministry last year banned a far-right site on similar allegations.