The police in Germany have arrested 25 individuals across the country over an alleged plot to overthrow the government.
The suspects were alleged to be members of the Reichsbürger (Citizens of the Reich) movement.
The Reichsbürger is a far-right movement that does not believe in the legitimacy of the modern German state.
Reports from Germany suggest that the far-right group was planning to attack the Reichstag, the parliament building, and seize power.
Heinrich X111, a 71-year-old man, is alleged to have been at the heart of the movement’s alleged plot to overthrow the government.
Marco Buschmann, Germany’s justice minister, posted on Twitter saying the federal prosecutor-general is investigating a suspected terrorist network with ties to the Reichsbürger movement.
Buschmann said there is suspicion that the movement is planning an armed attack on constitutional bodies.
“Democracy is well defended: Since this morning, a major anti-terror operation has been taking place,” the minister said.
“The Federal Public Prosecutor is investigating a suspected terrorist network from the Reich citizen milieu. There is a suspicion that an armed attack on constitutional bodies was planned.”
Demokratie ist wehrhaft: Seit heute Morgen findet ein großer Anti-Terror-Einsatz statt. Der Generalbundesanwalt ermittelt gegen ein mutmaßliches Terror-Netzwerk aus dem Reichsbürger-Milieu. Es besteht der Verdacht, dass ein bewaffneter Überfall auf Verfassungsorgane geplant war.
— Marco Buschmann (@MarcoBuschmann) December 7, 2022