The far-right plot to overthrow the German state
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The Times
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🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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The trial of nine suspects accused of plotting to overthrow the German government has begun in Stuttgart. The leaders of the far-right group is a 72-year-old self-styled aristocrat and a former AfD MP who was found with a bullet proof vest and night vision goggles. So who exactly are these people? And could the AfD's likely success in the upcoming European elections pose a real threat to German democracy?
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| 1:30.0 | On Wednesday morning some 3,000 police raided more than 100 properties in several German states and arrested 25 people all of them suspected members or supporters of the so-called Reisberger movement. |
| 1:44.0 | Their goal, a coup d'etat in Germany. |
| 1:46.4 | They wanted to overthrow democracy. |
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