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Dec 12, 2023 · German prosecutors say they have filed terrorism charges against 27 people, including a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, in connection with an alleged plot to topple the government that came to light with a slew of arrests a year ago.
Apr 29, 2024 · Federal prosecutors in December filed terrorism charges against a total of 27 people, one of whom has since died. Nine other suspects, among them a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, will go on trial on May 21 at a Frankfurt state court in the most prominent of the three cases.
- At Least 2 Arrests Outside The Country
- Former Afd Member of Parliament Arrested
- Far-Right Extremists Biggest Domestic Threat: Officials
Along with detentions in Germany, prosecutors said that one person was detained in the Austrian town of Kitzbuehel and another in the Italian city of Perugia. Prosecutors said those detained are alleged to last year have formed a "terrorist organization with the goal of overturning the existing state order in Germany and replace it with their own f...
Federal prosecutors said Heinrich XIII P. R., whom the group planned to install as Germany's new leader, had contacted Russian officials with the aim of negotiating a new order in the country once the German government was overthrown. He was allegedly assisted in this by a Russian woman, Vitalia B. "According to current investigations there is no i...
Prosecutors said that apart from a council of leaders, or Rat, the group had tasked several members with the formation of an armed wing. Led by Ruediger v. P., they allegedly planned to obtain weapons and conduct firearms training. It was unclear how far advanced these plans were. Sara Nanni, a Green party lawmaker, suggested the group may not have...
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Dec 8, 2022 · Chief federal prosecutor Peter Frank said some 3,000 officers were involved in the raids conducted at 150 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states. Officers detained 22 German citizens on suspicion of “membership in a terrorist organization,” prosecutors said.
Dec 7, 2022 · Police in Germany arrested 25 people on Wednesday who are suspected of planning to violently overthrow the government in a far-right extremist coup plot.
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Dec 7, 2022 · LONDON -- Thousands of police officers have carried out a series of raids across much of Germany on Wednesday morning against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state by force, according to the Attorney General at the Federal Court of Justice in Germany.
