The “Reich citizens” have to answer in court. They are said to have planned a coup. An indictment reveals explosive details.
Berlin – The group known as “Reich Citizens” around Henry XIII. Prince Reuss is accused by the German public prosecutor's office of preparing to commit high treason. According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, the organization intended to use an armed group to break into the Reichstag building in Berlin. Their goal was to bring about such a revolution. There were then plans to court-martial apparently undesirable public figures.
According to a media report, this emerges from the indictment for the trial that begins on April 29th in Stuttgart. In this case, the so-called military wing of the group is primarily accused; There are nine people in total. In the main hearing at the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court, it is primarily the suspected ringleaders who are charged, including nine people. It starts on May 21st. All other defendants will have to answer in another trial in Munich, which is scheduled to begin in June.
Scholz and Merz on the death list - Reich citizens wanted to take military action against the Federal Republic
As the
Bild newspaper
reports, citing the indictment, the accused planned to bring several politicians and celebrities before a war tribunal after a successful coup. Even the possibility of an execution is said to have been explicitly mentioned. The people mentioned by name are said to include politicians such as Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and CDU chairman Friedrich Merz, but also the two TV presenters Markus Lanz and Sandra Maischberger.
It is also claimed that a former elite soldier compiled the list of candidates. In addition, the 54-year-old is said to have asked a Bundeswehr general to take military measures against the federal government, which led to the general alerting the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD).
Accepting the possibility of deaths - a total of 27 suspected Reich citizens indicted
According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, the alleged "Reichsbürger" group, as a suspected terrorist organization, intended to establish a new order in Germany. From August 2021, a coup was planned and concretely prepared. The suspects are said to have intended to overthrow the political system in Germany. They consciously accepted the possibility of deaths. Work has already begun to set up a Germany-wide system of 286 militarily organized associations, so-called homeland security companies. This was reported by the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
.
A total of 27 people were charged following a large-scale anti-terrorism raid in December 2022. Investigators said at the time that the suspects had already developed basic structures for their own state order. Henry XIII Prince Reuss should therefore act as head of state. In addition, departments had already been distributed: the former Berlin judge and former AfD member of the Bundestag, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, had taken over the judiciary. Celebrity chef Frank Heppner was slated to serve as “Minister of Food.”
(tpn)