BREAKING GERMANY: Thousands of police raid sites linked to far-right group amid alleged plan to overthrow government

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#AceBreakingNews – Thousands of police have carried out a series of raids across Germany against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state by force.

Police in tactical gear and balaclavas.
Thousands of police were involved in the raids across almost all of Germany’s states. (Reuters: Christian Mang)none

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.

Justice Minister Marco Buschmann described the raids as an “anti-terrorism operation,” adding the suspects may have planned an armed attack on institutions of the state.

Some members of the group reject Germany’s post-war constitution and have called for the overthrow of the government.

They were alleged to have believed in a “conglomerate of conspiracy theories consisting of narratives from the so-called Reich Citizens as well as QAnon ideology,” according to a statement by prosecutors.

They also allege the group believe Germany is ruled by a so-called “deep state”. 

Prosecutors said 22 German citizens were detained on suspicion of “membership in a terrorist organisation”.

Three other people, including a Russian citizen, are suspected of supporting the organisation, they said. A further 27 people are being investigated. 

German magazine Der Spiegel reported locations searched included the barracks of Germany’s special forces unit KSK in the south-western town of Calw.

The unit has in the past been scrutinised over alleged far-right involvement by some soldiers.

Federal prosecutors declined to confirm or deny the barracks was searched.Photos from the raids show police seaching sheds and properties across Germany.(Reuters: Christian Mang )none

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 the suspected ringleaders — identified only as Heinrich XIII P R and Ruediger v P — were accused of last year founding a “terrorist organisation with the goal of overturning the existing state order in Germany and replace it with their own form of state, which was already in the course of being founded”.

Der Spiegel reported the former was a well-known 71-year-old member of a minor German noble family, while the latter was a 69-year-old former paratrooper.

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. The suspects were aware their aim could only be achieved by military means and with force, prosecutors said.

“According to current investigations there is no indication however that the persons contacted responded positively to his request,” prosecutors said.Prosecutors haven’t confirmed whether a military barracks was among the locations searched. (Reuters: Christian Mang)none

A further person detained by police was identified by prosecutors as Birgit M-W.

Der Spiegel reported the woman is a judge and former politician with the far-right Alternative for Germany party.

The party, known by its German acronym AfD, has increasingly come under scrutiny by German security services due to its ties with extremists. It declined to comment immediately on the report.

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 planned to obtain weapons and conduct firearms training.

It was unclear how far advanced these plans were.

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