Authorities say 25 arrested; special forces army barracks said searched; group said to have been in contact with Russian officials; former AfD lawmaker and ex-soldiers detained
German police staged nationwide raids on Wednesday and arrested 25 people suspected of belonging to a far-right "terror cell" plotting to overthrow the
BERLIN -- German authorities on Wednesday arrested 25 people suspected of plotting to use armed force to storm parliament and violently overthrow the state, marking one of the country's largest
Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained.
By Zahid Mahmood and Chris Stern, CNN German officials arrested 22 suspected members and three suspected supporters of a far-right terrorist organization across the country on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.
Officials say thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup.
Security forces carried out dozens of raids across the country, targeting a group said to have been planning to instal a new regime with a minor royal as its figurehead.
German authorities have foiled an alleged plot aimed to topple the Berlin government by force. Dozens of arrests were made across the nation in overnight raids targeting a far-right movement that rejects the legitimacy of the current German state.
Police have arrested 25 suspected members or supporters of a "domestic terrorist organization" aiming to topple the German state. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said the network was part of the "Reichsbürger scene."
Thousands of police carried out a series of raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup.
Thousands of police carried out a series of raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup.
Many of those detained had military training and were believed to belong to a recently formed group that operated on the conviction that the country was ruled by a “deep state.”
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