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The Latest Breaking News on Germany detains 3 more suspects linked to far-right coup plot

‘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’

The Independent UK

Officials predict more arrests over German far-right plot

German officials expect more arrests linked to an alleged far-right plan to topple the government which saw 25 people rounded up on Wednesday, including a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a judge.

Irish Independent

Factbox-Germany coup plot: who was behind it and how dangerous was it?

Germany is reeling in shock after prosecutors announced on Wednesday the arrests of 25 suspected members of a far-right group who they believe were preparing a violent coup to install a German aristocrat as national leader.

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Factbox-Far-right attacks, scandals in Germany

German authorities expect further arrests as they investigate a far-right group that prosecutors say was preparing to overthrow the state and install an aristocrat as national leader.

Reuters

Andreas Kluth: Germany just averted its own Jan. 6, and maybe the Fourth Reich

The police raid was apparently the largest in postwar German history. Early on Wednesday morning, some 3,000 officers from various branches of federal and regional law enforcement swept across 11 of Germany’s 16 states as well as locations in Austria and Italy, arresting at least 25 people — including a…

Tribune News Service

Germany expects more arrests after coup plot swoop

German authorities on Thursday ordered 23 people to be held for questioning as they investigate a far-right group that prosecutors say wanted to overthrow the state and install a former member of a German royal family as national leader.

Reuters

What we know about the alleged far-right coup plot that led to raids in Germany

German authorities say they have dismantled a far-right plot to overthrow the government. Here's what we know about the intended coup.

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QAnon, a dark prince and a sinister plot to seize the German parliament

It reads like the outlandish plot of a political thriller – the overthrow of a stable western European government by a group of conspiracy theorists modelling themselves on the US Capitol rioters.

Irish Independent

Germany busts QAnon-linked violent plot

Some 3,000 officers were dispatched to arrest dozens of conspirators who plotted to violently overthrown government

Salon

Germany foils bizarre coup plot by far-right group

FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - A prince, an ex-MP and former soldiers were arrested Wednesday in raids led by the German police against members of a far-right "terror group" that allegedly planned to attack parliament and overthrow the government.

Bangkok Post

Reichsbürger: the German conspiracy theorists at heart of alleged coup plot

Despite description of alleged plotters by prosecutors as a ‘motley crew’, the threat was considered very real

The Guardian - UK

Germany foils bizarre coup plot by far-right group

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - A prince, an ex-MP and former soldiers were arrested Wednesday in raids led by the German police against members of a far-right "terror group" that allegedly planned to attack parliament and overthrow the government.

AFP

Germany coup plot unveiled as 25 members of far-right group arrested

A 71-year-old man, who goes by the nickname Heinrich XIII, is thought to be central to the mob's plan

Irish Mirror

Everything we know about German coup leader Prince Heinrich XIII who wants to be king

German police arrested 25 members of the Reich Citizens (Reichsbürger) movement this morning, including the minor aristocrat they believe to be the ringleader - Heinrich XIII, the Prince of Reuss

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Bloomberg

Germany Just Averted Its Own Jan. 6, and Maybe the Fourth Reich

This week’s police raid proves once again that the loonies and extremists are getting more dangerous everywhere.

Reuters

New influx in far-right 'Reichsbuerger' scene - German domestic spy agency chief

The far-right "Reichsbuerger" movement that denies the existence of the modern German state has seen a considerable influx in the past year and presents a persistently high level of danger, said the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Germany conducts nationwide raid to thwart right-wing extremists planning coup

German authorities carried out the biggest-ever raid targeting right-wing extremists, saying a nationwide operation thwarted a domestic terrorist group planning to violently overthrow the government.

The Guardian - UK

Key figures behind alleged far-right plot to overthrow the German government

Those detained include a 71-year-old aristocrat, a retired army officer and a former MP for far-right AfD

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Radio France Internationale

German police dismantle far-right cell plotting to overthrow state

Police in Germany have arrested 25 people suspected of belonging to a far-right "terror cell" plotting to overthrow the government and attack parliament, in a series of nationwide raids.

Axios

Germany arrests 25 people over far-right coup plot

The arrests were made after raids across 11 of Germany's 16 states, as well as in Austria and Italy.

Evening Standard

German police arrest 25 on suspicion of planning armed far-right coup

Thousands of police officers have carried out raids across much of Germany against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup. 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…

The Independent UK

‘No question of Russian involvement’ in alleged German coup, says Kremlin

Among those arrested in Germany as an alleged plotter was a Russian citizen

Reuters

Explainer-Germany's Reichsbuerger: Searching for an emperor and fascinated by guns

The 25 suspects detained in Germany on Wednesday for allegedly plotting to overthrow the state subscribed to a mixed bag of conspiracy theories, with the Reichsbuerger and QAnon ideologies among them, authorities said.

AFP

Germany busts far-right cell plotting to 'overthrow state'

Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German police staged nationwide raids on Wednesday and arrested 25 people suspected of belonging to a far-right "terror cell" plotting to overthrow the government and attack parliament.

Bangkok Post

Germany conducts nationwide raids to thwart group planning coup

More than 3,000 German law-enforcement officers conducted raids across the country Wednesday and detained 25 people suspected of links to a domestic terrorist group allegedly planning a coup d’etat.

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