Police arrest three over ‘coup plot’ linked to German prince

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German police said Thursday they had arrested three more suspects in an alleged far-right coup plot linked to a prince that has seen 27 people go on trial.

Prosecutors say the plot uncovered in 2022 aimed at attacking the German parliament, usurping power and installing aristocrat and businessman Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss as head of state.

The plot was allegedly an offshoot of the German Reichsbuerger, or Citizens of the Reich, movement of extremists and gun enthusiasts who reject the legitimacy of the modern German republic.

Those involved are said to have taken inspiration from conspiracy theories, including the global QAnon movement, and drawn up “lists of enemies”. Punch