Martin Sellner Martin Sellner | |
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Born | January 8, 1989 |
Citizenship | Austrian |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Website | martin-sellner |
Martin Sellner (born January 8, 1989, Vienna) is an Austrian white nationalist activist, leader of the right-wing extremist[1][2] Identitarian Movement of Austria (German: Identitäre Bewegung Österreichs, IBÖ).[3][4][5]
In his youth Sellner was part of the Austrian militant Neo-Nazi group that formed around Gottfried Küssel.[citation needed] From this time he has got a criminal record.[2] After the group was outlawed and a lot of its leaders were sent to prison, Sellner and others founded the Identitarians instead. In April 2016, he disturbed a theatre-performance of Elfriede Jelinek's piece "Die Schutzbefohlenen" backed by around 30 members of his organisation, where fake blood was spilled and refugees were attacked.[6] In February 2017, Sellner stated being attacked by hooded left-wing activists at a Vienna U-Bahn station.[7] He then drew his pepper spray gun on them.[1] Since this incident he is banned from carrying weapons.
References
- ^ a b "Nach Schuss in U2-Station: Rechtem droht ein Jahr Haft". Heute. February 6, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ a b https://kurier.at/chronik/wien/jung-maennlich-rechtsextrem/193.152.691
- ^ Shubert, Atika (December 2, 2016). "Hipster or hatemonger? The trendy young face of Austria's far-right". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Faiola, Anthony (May 19, 2016). "Austria's right-wing populism reflects anti-Muslim platform of Donald Trump". Washington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Reuter, Benjamin (May 20, 2016). "'Right-Wing Hipsters' Increasingly Powerful In Austria". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Identitäre stürmten Jelinek-Aufführung im Audimax". Kurier. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- ^ "IBÖ-Leiter Martin Sellner entkommt mutmaßlichem Antifa-Angriff unverletzt". unzensuriert. February 4, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
External links
- Oli Smith, « Anti-migrant march sparks violent scenes in Austria », Daily Express, 14. June 2016.