Authorities say several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister have been arrested in raids in a number of regions.
BERLIN (AP) — Several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister were arrested in raids in a number of regions on Tuesday, authorities said.
Prosecutors have said the group intended to create “conditions similar to civil war” by using explosives to cause nationwide blackouts, then kidnapping Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who was a prominent advocate of strict coronavirus measures.
Frankfurt prosecutors said a man arrested in the central state of Hesse is accused of offering to help with Lauterbach’s kidnapping and to use his garage to store weapons.
Once the coup was launched, they said, he was supposed to be part of a delegation that would sail into Russia waters and negotiate an alliance with officials there.
Munich prosecutors said a man arrested in nearby Wolfratshausen is accused of offering to participate in Lauterbach’s kidnapping and to procure firearms in Croatia to carry it out.
Police at the time seized 22 firearms, including a Kalashnikov rifle, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, as well as large sums of cash, gold and silver.
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BERLIN (AP) — Several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister were arrested in raids in a number of regions on Tuesday, authorities said.
Prosecutors have said the group intended to create “conditions similar to civil war” by using explosives to cause nationwide blackouts, then kidnapping Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, who was a prominent advocate of strict coronavirus measures.
Frankfurt prosecutors said a man arrested in the central state of Hesse is accused of offering to help with Lauterbach’s kidnapping and to use his garage to store weapons.
Once the coup was launched, they said, he was supposed to be part of a delegation that would sail into Russia waters and negotiate an alliance with officials there.
Munich prosecutors said a man arrested in nearby Wolfratshausen is accused of offering to participate in Lauterbach’s kidnapping and to procure firearms in Croatia to carry it out.
Police at the time seized 22 firearms, including a Kalashnikov rifle, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, as well as large sums of cash, gold and silver.
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