Berlin, November 23, 2023, The Europe Today: German police have searched the properties of suspects linked to the far-right Reichsbürger movement, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Members of the movement have been accused of plotting to overthrow the German state.
Around 280 police officers were involved in the raids across eight federal states, according to the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
According to the Munich public prosecutor’s office, 20 residences were searched by police.
The raids were conducted in eight of Germany’s 16 states, with half of the residences searched being located in southwestern Baden-Württemberg.
Prosecutors say the suspects discussed their plans in several channels of the Telegram messenger service, which German authorities have been monitoring since the start of 2021.
