US EditionThree Men Arrested in Germany in Suspected Reichsbuerger Plot Probe
- On Thursday, Bavarian officials detained three men believed to be members of the Reichsbuerger movement during coordinated searches in Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia.
- The arrests came after inquiries revealed that the group conducted weapons exercises in 2022 at an old army shooting range to ready themselves for a potential armed attack on the German Bundestag.
- The Reichsbuerger group contests modern German democracy and is suspected of conspiring to violently overthrow the government and constitutional order.
- Prosecutors stated that the firearms training was intended to ready participants for a potential assault on the German Bundestag, and trials are underway against 27 suspected leaders, including Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss.
- The arrests and trials suggest a continued law enforcement effort to dismantle the far-right group's violent plans and uphold Germany's constitutional order.
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Three arrested over alleged far-right 'coup plot' linked to German prince
The plot was allegedly an offshoot of the so-called Reichsbürger – or Citizens of the Reich – movement of extremists and gun enthusiasts who reject the legitimacy of the modern German republic
The LKA Bayern has arrested three people. The suspicion is that they belong to the alleged "Reichsbürger" group around Prince Reuß - and trained with weapons.
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The Straits TimesThree men arrested in Germany in suspected far-right Reichsbuerger plot probe
BERLIN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Three men were arrested in Bavaria on Thursday as part of an investigation into the far-right Reichsbuerger group, suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the last German government and the constitutional order, Munich prosecutors said.
Suspects are accused of links to the movement that will have tried to make a state strike in 2022 to reverse the German constitutional order and replace it by an authoritarian monarchy.
On Thursday, eight searches were carried out in several federal states, and the arrested people apparently planned a violent overthrow.
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