German police raided the Kurdish Community Centre in Heilbronn on Thursday. The police reportedly broke open the doors and searched all the rooms, sometimes without witnesses being present. Various objects and association documents were also confiscated, according to the executive committee.

The reason for the search of the Kurdish association in Heilbronn is apparently a preliminary investigation into an alleged violation of the law on associations in connection with the ban on activities against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imposed in 1993. Around the same time, the flats of the former co-chairpersons of the community centre were also searched by the police.