German prosecutors have charged 27 suspected far-right extremists with planning a violent coup.
The suspects are accused of membership of the fringe Reichsbürger – or Citizens of the Reich – movement.
“The members of the group strongly rejected state institutions and the free democratic constitutional order,” according to the indictment.
They are mostly associates of Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, a Reichsbürger figurehead from an aristocratic family.
Prosecutors have charged the 27 people with planning to overthrow Germany’s democratic political system.
Concrete preparations were made for a coup beginning in summer 2021.
The plan was to seize power by invading the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, with a small group of armed personnel. The assault would be launched after receiving a signal, such as the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
German prosecutors have charged 27 suspected far-right extremists with planning a violent coup.
The suspects are accused of membership of the fringe Reichsbürger – or Citizens of the Reich – movement.
“The members of the group strongly rejected state institutions and the free democratic constitutional order,” according to the indictment.
They are mostly associates of Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, a Reichsbürger figurehead from an aristocratic family.
Prosecutors have charged the 27 people with planning to overthrow Germany’s democratic political system.
Concrete preparations were made for a coup beginning in summer 2021.
The plan was to seize power by invading the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, with a small group of armed personnel. The assault would be launched after receiving a signal, such as the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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