A total of twenty-five persons have been arrested following searches across Germany on suspicion of planning to topple the government.
Sources in Germany claimed the far-right and ex-military organization intended to storm the Reichstag and take control, BBC reported.
They claim that 71-year-old minor aristocrat, Prince Heinrich XIII, played a key role in their schemes.
He is one of two alleged ringleaders among those detained in 11 German states, according to federal authorities.
The radical Reichsbürger [Citizens of the Reich] movement, which German authorities have long targeted for violent attacks and racial conspiracy theories, is rumored to be among the plotters. They also refuse to acknowledge the state of modern Germany.
The organization, which is alleged to have included 50 men and women, is accused of plotting to topple the republic and replace it with the Second Reich, an empire modeled after Germany in 1871.
“We don’t yet have a name for this group,” said a spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor’s office.
Two people were detained in Austria and Italy as a result of the 130 raids conducted by 3,000 officers across the majority of the nation.
Following a significant anti-terror operation, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann, stated that an alleged “armed attack on constitutional bodies was planned.”
The central “Rat” (council) of the gang, according to the federal prosecutor’s office, has been regularly gathering since November 2021 in order to organize a violent takeover.
The prosecution claimed that they had already created plans to dominate Germany through departments for health, justice, and foreign policy. Members were aware that using “military means and violence against state representatives,” which included killing people, was the only way to achieve their objectives.
The group is believed to have come to the attention of investigators after a kidnapping plot involving a group going by the name of United Patriots was discovered in April.
