German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer banned the right-wing extremist group Nordadler (Northern Eagle), Euronews reported.

A spokesman for Interior Minister Steve Alter tweeted that Nordadler is an "extremist association" which "mainly operates online".

According to the ministry, the raids took place in North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Brandenburg, and Lower Saxony.

Authorities noted that Nordadler also operates under such names as 'Ethnic Revolution', 'Ethnic Youth,' and 'Ethnic Renaissance.' Its members reportedly see themselves as followers of Adolf Hitler. They use symbols and language from the Third Reich.

It is already the third neo-Nazi group banned this year in Germany.

"In January Combat 18 Deutschland was outlawed, accused of spreading extremism and hatred via neo-Nazi music and concerts. Then in March the group United German Peoples and Tribes was banned, the interior minister accusing it of distributing racist and anti-Semitic writings," Euronews added.