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The Latest Breaking News on German police raid Islamic centre over alleged ties to Iran, Hezbollah

German police raid Islamic centre over alleged ties to Iran, Hezbollah

Police target 54 sites. Minister says, ‘We are acting against Islamists, not against a religion or another state.’

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Several more people arrested over a far-right German plot to launch a coup and kidnap a minister

Authorities say several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister have been arrested in raids in a number of regions

The Independent UK

Dozens held in Italian mafia crackdown

MILAN: Dozens of people have been arrested in a new police raid against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia that has revealed how its multiple illegal activities have spread as far as Austria and Germany, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.

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Germany detains 3 more suspects linked to far-right coup plot

Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office says that criminal police have detained three more suspected far-right extremists who are linked to an alleged plot by the Reichsbuerger, or Reich Citizens, movement to topple the country’s government

The Independent UK

5 go on trial in Germany over far-right plot to topple the government

The four men, aged 44 to 56, and a 75-year-old woman are accused of founding or being members of a terrorist organization and treason.

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Five go on trial in Germany over far-right plot to kidnap health minister, topple government

Five people are going on trial in Germany accused of planning a coup and plotting to kidnap the country’s health minister

The Independent UK

Police officer shot during raids in German Reichsbuerger probe

A German police officer was shot and wounded during raids on properties across the country linked to investigations into the far-right Reichsbuerger movement which is accused of plotting to overthrow the government, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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German Police Nab Man Before Leaving for Iraq to Join ISIS

An 18-year-old man suspected of having planned an extremist attack in Frankfurt has been arrested near Germany's border with Austria as he attempted to leave the country for Iraq and join ISIS, German investigators said Thursday. The man, a German citizen with Moroccan roots who grew up in Germany, was…

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Report: Germany Sees Increase in Iranian Spying since Protests

The German government has acknowledged an increase in spying by Iranian intelligence agents on exiled Iranians living in Germany since the start of mass protests last year, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday. Nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a young woman detained by Iranian morality police last…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany: 'Citizens of the Reich' refuse to recognise post-war federal state

With the alleged coup recently foiled in Germany, the Reichsbürger, or "Citizens of the Reich", have shown their determination and their dangerous nature. In early December, German police broke up a far-right group close to the movement, accused of plotting terror attacks, notably against the parliament. Around 20 people were…

France 24

Germany Searches for Chemicals after Arresting Iranian Brothers Accused of Terrorism

German authorities raided new sites in search of chemicals, a day after they had arrested two Iranian suspects who were preparing a terrorist attack using biological weapons, according to the Düsseldorf prosecutor’s office. Police and investigators are still searching for evidence in the case, but they have not yet found…

Asharq Al-Awsat

German police detain Iranian suspected of planning 'Islamist-motivated' attack

German police have taken into custody a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, authorities in western Germany said on Sunday.

Reuters

German lawmakers seek answers on alleged far-right plot

German lawmakers are digging deeper into an alleged coup plot uncovered last week

The Independent UK

Germany to tighten gun laws after suspected coup plot -minister

Germany plans to tighten its gun laws in the wake of a suspected plot by a far-right group to violently overthrow the government and install a minor royal as national leader, its interior minister said in an interview published on Sunday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany to Tighten Gun Laws after Suspected Coup Plot, Says Minister

The Guardian - UK

The Reichsbürger plot: sinister plan to overthrow the German state or just a rag-tag revolution?

The strange tale of a right-wing plot in Germany highlights the extremist threat the country faces

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity chef among suspects in Germany rightwing coup plot

Ex-police officer once tasked with protecting Jewish communities also linked to foiled Reichsbürger plan

The Independent UK

‘Bonkers’, but terrifying: Why Germany’s comical coup plot should be taken very seriously

Borzou Daragahi takes a look inside the QAnon-fuelled plot to overthrow Germany’s government and revive the Reich

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The Independent UK

Germany: Judges confirm arrest of 23 alleged coup plotters

German authorities say judges have confirmed the arrest of 23 people suspected of planning to topple the government, while the extradition of two others detained abroad is being sought

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Radicalization for all: German coup plot shows power of online conspiracies

A secret group of German ultranationalists being arrested after plotting to overthrow the government, murder the chancellor and install a monarch is a situation you might expect to find in a 19th or 20th century history textbook, not contemporary headlines.

Reuters

German security forces loyal to constitution - interior ministry

Germany is confident in the loyalty of its own security forces, the interior ministry said on Friday, responding to claims that a far-right group with suspected plans to overthrow the state had sought to recruit soldiers and police officers.

France 24

The 'mad' prince behind an attempt to overthrow the German state

A prince dismissed by his own family as a "mad old man" has emerged as a central figure in an alleged plot to overthrow the German government. He was arrested along with other alleged plotters – including a right-wing ex-MP and former soldiers – in a nationwide operation carried out…

The Guardian - UK

Germany assesses credibility of rightwing coup plot amid further arrests

Number of suspects revised upwards to 52, 23 of whom are currently in custody, and more police raids are planned

The Conversation

What is the Reichsbürger movement accused of trying to overthrow the German government?

Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.

The Independent UK

‘Second wave of arrests’ expected after Germany foils far-right coup plot

‘We identified further people where we are not sure yet what their status is in connection with this group’

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