German police arrested five teenagers accused of participating with a right-wing extremist group called themselves the "last wave of defense" that allegedly aimed at undermining the country's democratic system by attacking immigrants and political opponents.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement that they were arrested Wednesday in the mornings across the country.

Four of the arrested people (only identified as Benjamin H., Ben Maxim H., Lenny M. and Jason R. Conforming to German privacy rules - alleged to be membership in domestic terrorist organizations. Fifth Jerome M. is accused of supporting the group. Two arrested are also charged with murder and aggravated arson. All ages are between 14 and 18 years old.

Prosecutors said they are also investigating three other people aged 18 to 21 who have been detained. All suspects are German citizens.

According to prosecutors, the organization was established in mid-April 2024. They said its members viewed themselves as the last measure to defend the “German nation”, aiming to collapse the German democratic order, house attacks on asylum seekers, and facilities related to the political scope of the left.

Prosecutors said the two suspects were blazed in October at a cultural center in Altdöbern, eastern Germany.

In January, two other suspects allegedly broke windows in asylum seekers’ homes in Schmölln and tried to start the fire by extinguishing fireworks. Prosecutors said they smeared the abbreviations and slogans of the group, such as "foreigners", "German" and "Nazi areas" and swastikas.

Also in January, three suspects allegedly planned to launch a fire attack on the homes of Senftenberg asylum seekers, but this never happened due to the early arrest of two of the men.

Attorney General Stefanie Hubig said it was “particularly shocking” that all the arrested people were minors when the group was allegedly formed.

"This is a warning sign that right-wing extremist terrorism has no age," Hubig said in a statement.

In another case a week ago, German authorities banned a far-right group called the Kingdom of Germany to threaten the country's democratic order and arrested four of its so-called leaders.

The Federal Criminal Police Department said in its annual report released Tuesday that the number of right-wing-motivated violent crimes rose 17.2% last year to 1,488. This is part of the overall increase in violent politically motivated crime to 4,107, an increase of 15.3%.