Karlsruhe/Munich (dpa/lby) - Four people were also arrested in Bavaria during a nationwide raid on the Reich citizen scene. The districts of Forchheim, Schweinfurt, Ansbach and Bayreuth are affected, as the federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe announced. With one arrest each in Italy and Austria, there is also a connection to Bavaria, the authority did not give any further details.
In total, police officers arrested 25 people on Wednesday morning. According to the federal prosecutor, eleven federal states were affected in Germany. The terrorist organization wanted to overthrow the state system in Germany and replace it with its own, the basics of which had already been worked out. She would have accepted death for that.
22 of those arrested are said to be members of this terrorist organization, including the four arrested from Bavaria. Three others are considered supporters. There are also 27 other suspects, said the spokeswoman. More than 130 objects were searched.
"We don't have a name for this association yet," the spokeswoman said. According to the findings, this is based on conspiracy myths. The members are firmly convinced that Germany is currently governed by members of a so-called deep state, a "deep state", it said in a statement. According to this conviction, an attack by a technically superior secret society of governments, intelligence services and the military of various countries, including the Russian Federation and the United States of America, is imminent.
The people should have founded the group by the end of November 2021 at the latest.
