German paratrooper unit under probe over extremism

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Germany's defence ministry has condemned "unacceptable" abuses in an elite paratrooper regiment amid ongoing investigations into alleged sexual misconduct and right-wing extremism. The probe into the unit based in the southwestern town of Zweibruecken was launched after two women soldiers filed a complaint in June, the army confirmed. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily said on Monday that several dozen soldiers were being investigated