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Nine group charged pinch coercion successful relationship pinch an alleged far-right crippled to topple the German government went connected proceedings Monday successful 1 of 3 linked cases.
The proceedings opening successful Stuttgart is nan first to unfastened successful narration to nan purported conspiracy, which came to ray successful precocious 2022. It is focused connected those defendants of nan Reich Citizens group who allegedly were portion of its alleged subject arm, German news agency dpa reported.
Federal prosecutors successful December revenge coercion charges against a full of 27 people, 1 of whom has since died.
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Nine different suspects, among them a self-styled prince and a erstwhile far-right lawmaker, will spell connected proceedings connected May 21 astatine a Frankfurt authorities tribunal successful nan astir salient of nan 3 cases. The different 8 will spell connected proceedings successful Munich connected June 18.
The Frankfurt lawsuit includes Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, whom nan group allegedly planned to instal arsenic Germany’s provisional caller leader; Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a judge and erstwhile lawmaker pinch nan far-right Alternative for Germany party; and a retired paratrooper.
The proceedings of nan 3 cases are expected to past good into 2025.
A constabulary serviceman carries a integrative container during a ambush against alleged 'Reich citizens' successful Berlin, Germany, connected Dec. 7, 2022. Nine group charged successful relationship pinch an alleged far-right crippled to topple nan German authorities are going connected proceedings successful 1 of 3 cases linked to nan crippled that came to ray successful precocious 2022. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP, File)
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said connected ZDF nationalist tv that nan proceedings "shows nan spot of our norm of rule that nan largest violent web of Reich Citizens to day (...) has to reply for its militant plans to overthrow nan government."
Prosecutors person said that nan accused believed successful a "conglomerate of conspiracy myths," including Reich Citizens and QAnon ideology, and were convinced that Germany is ruled by a alleged heavy state.
Adherents of nan Reich Citizens movement, aliases Reichsbuergerbewegung successful German, cull Germany’s postwar constitution and person called for bringing down nan government, while QAnon is simply a world conspiracy mentation pinch roots successful nan United States.
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According to prosecutors, nan group planned to large wind into nan parliament building successful Berlin and apprehension lawmakers. It allegedly intended to discuss a post-coup bid chiefly pinch Russia, arsenic 1 of nan allied victors of World War II.
The 9 defendants astatine nan Stuttgart proceedings are accused of rank successful a terrorist organization and "preparation of a precocious treasonous enterprise." One of nan defendants is besides connected proceedings for attempted murder, dpa reported.
Most of nan 9 suspects successful nan Frankfurt proceedings are besides charged pinch rank successful a violent statement and "preparation of precocious treasonous undertaking." The different 8 alleged members of nan group person been charged successful abstracted indictments astatine nan tribunal successful Munich.
