The arrest of six suspected far-right terrorists in Germany on Monday speaks to the federal republic’s growing security challenge: It is caught between a weak chancellor and two terrorist extremes.

Aged between 20 and 30, the detained men are accused of planning attacks against immigrants and others they blame for supposedly diluting Germany’s identity. The authorities assert that the men were seeking semi-automatic weapons and believed they could spark a revolution.

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