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Dozens Arrested For Plotting Far-Right Coup

December 07 2022

Germany

Authorities have arrested 25 people in Berlin on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government, reports NBC News.

The suspects apprehended on Wednesday are all members of the Reichsburger movement, were said to be motivated by conspiracy theories about the role and legitimacy of the German government. The group is heavily influenced by right-wing conspiracy theories including the belief in a malign “deep state” and that the Federal Republic of Germany is not a sovereign state....

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