Planned Lauterbach kidnapping: Lawyers determined
Created: 04/26/2022, 16:41
Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Federal Minister of Health.
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On Tuesday, the federal prosecutor took over the investigation into the core of the extremist chat group, which is said to have planned the kidnapping of Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and a coup.
"In connection with the arrest of the accused, there were sufficient indications that the accused could have founded a terrorist organization and/or worked as members of such an organization," the authority in Karlsruhe said.
Karlsruhe/Koblenz – The four Germans were arrested on April 13th.
According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, three of them are also still accused of preparing a serious act of violence that is dangerous to the state.
The quartet is in custody.
One of the main suspects comes from Falkensee (Brandenburg).
dpa
