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Germany arrests 25 over alleged far-right coup plot

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Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. German reports say the group of far-right and ex-military figures planned to storm the parliament building, the Reichstag, and seize power.

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Times of India

Germany: 25 arrested on suspicion of planning armed coup

Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states against adherents of the so-called Reich Citizens movement. Some members of the grouping reject Germany's postwar constitution and have called for the overthrow of the government.

1 year ago·India

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BBC News

Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup

A far-right group is suspected of planning to storm parliament and install an aristocrat as leader.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

The World War II Fantasy Land of Reichsbürger Movement, That Planned to Overthrow Germany's Govt

Explained: They refuse to acknowledge Germany's post-war Federal Republic, and think the current set up is under the control of the Western powers

1 year ago·India

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The Guardian

Reichsbürger: the German conspiracy theorists at heart of alleged coup plot

Despite description of alleged plotters by prosecutors as a ‘motley crew’, the threat was considered very real

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Germany busts far-right cell plotting to ‘overthrow state’

Raids targeted alleged members of the "Citizens of the Reich" (Reichsbuerger) movement suspected of "having made concrete preparations to violently force their way into the German parliament with a small armed group"

1 year ago·India

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Reuters

Germany foils far-right plot to install Prince Heinrich XIII in coup

Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said was preparing a violent overthrow of the state to install as national leader a prince who had sought backing from Russia.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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