German authorities have arrested 25 members of a far-right group that prosecutors said was plotting to violently overthrow the government.
The group has been planning to overthrow the current government — which it believes is controlled by the so-called "deep state" — and install a new one, headed by an individual identified as Heinrich XIII PR, the press release stated.
German media identified the man as Prince Heinrich XIII, 71, a member of the royal House of Reuss, per the Post. Heinrich XIII PR had already contacted Russian representatives inside Germany, though investigations so far didn't indicate that he'd received any response, the federal prosecutor said.the group had made concrete plans to carry out their plan, including planning the administrative structure of the new state, recruiting new members, gathering equipment and carrying out shooting lessons, the federal prosecutor said.
The group was prepared to use violence to achieve their goals and accepted that the plan would involve deaths — they considered this scenario a "necessary intermediate step" to achieving the systemic change they sought. In October, the group scouted military barracks in several German states "for their suitability for housing their own troops after the overthrow." Some members of the group are also believed to have plotted an armed attack on the German parliament."The accused are united by a deep rejection of the state institutions," the press release stated.
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