{"id":522890,"date":"2022-12-07T21:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/suspected-german-coup-plot-spawns-dozens-of-arrests\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T21:52:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:52:33","slug":"suspected-german-coup-plot-spawns-dozens-of-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/suspected-german-coup-plot-spawns-dozens-of-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"#Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a303581dce9e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a303581dce9e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/suspected-german-coup-plot-spawns-dozens-of-arrests\/#Suspected_German_coup_plot_spawns_dozens_of_arrests\" >Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Suspected_German_coup_plot_spawns_dozens_of_arrests\"><\/span>Suspected German coup plot spawns dozens of arrests<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>BERLIN (AP) \u2014 German police seized dozens of people including a self-styled prince, a retired paratrooper and a former judge on Wednesday, accusing the suspects of discussing the violent overthrow of the government but leaving unclear how concrete the plans were.<\/p>\n<p>A German official and a lawmaker said that investigators may have detected real plotting, drunken fantasizing, or both. Regardless, Germany takes any right-wing threat seriously and thousands of police officers carried out pre-dawn raids across much of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking about a group that, according to what we know so far, planned to violently abolish our democratic state of law and an armed attack,&#8221; on the German parliament building, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said.<\/p>\n<p>Sara Nanni, a lawmaker with the Green party, part of the German government, suggested the group may not have been capable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore details keep coming to light that raise doubts about whether these people were even clever enough to plan and carry out such a coup,\u201d Nanni said in a post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> network Mastodon. \u201cThe fact is: no matter how crude their ideas are and how hopeless their plans, even the attempt is dangerous!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors said the group is alleged to have believed in a \u201cconglomerate of conspiracy theories consisting of narratives from the so-called Reich Citizens as well as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-wisconsin-racine-e230131513bf3df60c76bb1151bc6b7c\" data-ylk=\"slk:QAnon ideology.\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">QAnon ideology.<\/a> \u201d Adherents of the Reich Citizens movement reject Germany\u2019s postwar constitution and have called for bringing down the government, while QAnon is a global conspiracy theory with roots in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Reich Citizens scene has been under observation by Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency since 2016. Authorities estimate that the loose-knit movement has about 21,000 adherents.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the suspects also believe Germany is ruled by a so-called \u201cdeep state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the alleged ringleaders arrested Wednesday is Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, a 71-year-old member of the House of Reuss who continues to use the title despite Germany abolishing any formal role for royalty more than a century ago.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors said Reuss, whom the group planned to install as Germany&#8217;s new leader, had contacted Russian officials with the aim of imposing a new order in the country once the German government was overthrown. There is no indication that the Russians responded positively.<\/p>\n<p>Police also detained Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a judge and former lawmaker with the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-business-elections-campaigns-germany-0a09dea691b81a8f24710fecd51774a1\" data-ylk=\"slk:far-right Alternative for Germany party\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">far-right Alternative for Germany party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternative for Germany, which is known by its acronym AfD, has increasingly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-ff821fdd02abe5c108c35d0664fdea39\" data-ylk=\"slk:come under scrutiny by security services\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">come under scrutiny by security services<\/a> due to its ties with extremists.<\/p>\n<p>AfD&#8217;s co-leaders, Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel said they had only learned of the alleged coup plans through the media, and condemned them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have full confidence in the authorities involved and demand a swift and comprehensive investigation,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Chief federal prosecutor Peter Frank said some 3,000 officers were involved in the raids conducted at 150 sites in 11 of Germany\u2019s 16 states.<\/p>\n<p>Officers detained 22 German citizens on suspicion of \u201cmembership in a terrorist organization,\u201d prosecutors said. Three other people, including a Russian citizen, were held on suspicion of supporting the organization, they said. Another 27 people were under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>One of those arrested was a soldier serving on the support staff for Germany&#8217;s special forces unit KSK in the southwestern town of Calw. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/8f92d60b2813be453650c46573d5cd5f\" data-ylk=\"slk:unit has received scrutiny\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">unit has received scrutiny<\/a> over what officials called some soldiers&#8217; far-right beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Along with detentions in Germany, prosecutors said one person was detained in the Austrian town of Kitzbuehel and another in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The latter suspect, a 64-year-old German citizen who is a former officer in the German army special forces, is accused of being part of a criminal organization that aimed to \u201csubvert the German democratic order by any means &#8211; including criminal &#8211; and replace it with another unidentified form of state,\u201d police said in a statement, adding that extradition proceedings were underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, there are many people who grandstand and tell confused tales stories after drinking alcohol,\u201d German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said. \u201cIn this case, however, there were such strong suspicions that the group wanted to take violent action that the investigating judge at the Federal Supreme Court ordered the investigative measures to be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the group\u2019s members had made \u201cconcrete preparations\u201d to storm Germany\u2019s federal parliament with a small armed group, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s raids showed that \u201cwe know how to defend ourselves with full force against the enemies of democracy,\u201d Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigation offers an insight into the depths of the terrorist threat within the Reich Citizens milieu,&#8221; Faeser said. \u201cOnly the further investigation will provide a clear picture of how far the coup plans had come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/07f95db11f0a4fe8976f9f17b83832b4\" data-ylk=\"slk:Officials have repeatedly warned\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Officials have repeatedly warned<\/a> that far-right extremists pose the biggest threat to Germany&#8217;s domestic security. This threat was highlighted by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/state-courts-angela-merkel-crime-germany-courts-60c5d9f587ed41e914e93540f174bdc2\" data-ylk=\"slk:the killing of a regional politician\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">the killing of a regional politician<\/a> and the deadly attack on a synagogue in 2019. A year later, far-right extremists taking part in a protest against the country\u2019s pandemic restrictions <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-international-news-health-europe-police-reform-9fd544abd14ec6550248f957a18ece84\" data-ylk=\"slk:tried and failed to storm the Bundestag\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">tried and failed to storm the Bundestag<\/a> building in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Faeser announced this year that the government planned to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-europe-berlin-gun-politics-music-festivals-5d4e13c2ab476dc4b904381ee28608eb\" data-ylk=\"slk:disarm about 1,500 suspected extremists\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">disarm about 1,500 suspected extremists<\/a> and to tighten background checks for those wanting to acquire guns as part of a broader crackdown on the far right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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