Berlin Neo-Nazi Leader on Trial, Accused of Arms Offenses BERLIN (AP) - A longtime leader of Berlin's neo-Nazis said at the opening session of his trial today that he wants to "cleanse" Germany of foreigners and to use a flamethrower on parliament. Arnulf Priem, 47, was arrested in August when police raided his apartment where more than 20 neo-Nazis were meeting. Police seized guns, ammunition, firebombs and racist propaganda. Priem, leader of the German Alternative group, is accused of 15 offenses, including forming an armed group, violating weapons laws and possessing illegal Nazi symbols. The group, outlawed last year, was among neo-Nazi organizations banned in recent years as German authorities moved to rein in the anti-foreigner violence that rose after German unification in 1990. Priem, active in neo-Nazi groups in Berlin since the 1970s, told the court he had made statements attributed to him in the indictment. He was accused of saying at German Alternative meetings that he wanted to "illuminate" the parliament with a flamethrower and that anti-foreigner protests were a "self-cleansing" process for Germany. The trial is expected to end next week. (Copyright 1995 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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