German police arrest members of far-right party

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Arrests in German coup plot [7-Dec 2022]

A Wednesday statement from the federal public prosecutor said the members of the group, which was founded in November 2021, subscribed to a range of conspiracy theories including QAnon and the right-wing extremist Reichsbürger movement, which denies the existence of the modern German state. “The accused are united by a deep rejection of state institutions,” it said. The group was prepared to use violence and accepted that deaths would happen, the statement added. Its central “council” wa…