Three people suspected of belonging to the far-right “Reichsbürger” group have been arrested, the Bavarian state criminal police in southern Germany said Thursday.
Authorities accuse the suspects of being members of a terrorist organization that aimed to violently overthrow Germany’s constitutional order.
What do we know about the raids?
The arrests followed early-morning raids targeting six suspects in total in the states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia.
Around 300 investigators searched four properties. The six suspects — five men and one woman aged between 40 and 61 — are alleged to have taken part in weapons training with other members of the group in April 2022 at a former German army shooting range near Bayreuth.
Investigators believe the firearms training was meant to prepare for a possible armed assault on the German Bundestag.
The group’s central figure Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss and other key leaders of the far-right group were arrested in December 2022.
Court proceedings against 27 alleged ringleaders are ongoing in Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Munich, with more suspects under investigation.
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