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Germany detains three more suspects linked to far-right coup plot
Masked police officers lead the arrested suspect Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss (left) to a police vehicle during a raid against so-called ‘Reich citizens’ in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, December 7, 2022
GERMANY’S federal prosecutor’s office said today 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 three suspects, identified only as Johanna FJ, Hans-Joachim H and Steffen W in line with German privacy rules, were detained on Monday evening in the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The defendants are suspected of membership of a terrorist organisation, the prosecutor’s office said.
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