He is said to have planned a violent overthrow - but shortly before his arrest, ringleader Henry XIII. business with the federal government. According to a media report, he wanted to buy a piece of forest for one million euros. The purchase contract is notarized - what happens next?
Just a few days before the major raid on the "Reichsbürger" scene in early December, one of the ringleaders did business with the German state, reports the "Spiegel". According to this, the alleged terror chief Henry XIII. Prince Reuss acquired a 394-hectare forest property in Thuringia owned by the federal government.
As can be seen from a letter from the Ministry of Finance to the member of the Bundestag Gesine Lötzsch from the left, the 71-year-old should pay almost one million euros for it. The purchase contract was certified on December 5th. Two days later, special police forces took the buyer away in handcuffs.
Prince Reuss is considered the head of a radical political sect that adhered to wild conspiracy ideologies and is said to have planned a violent overthrow. His defense attorney declined to comment on the allegations.
The Ministry is trying to limit the damage. According to the letter, the purchase contract is "pending invalid" and will not be approved. For Lötzsch, the deal is proof that the federal government is "still blind in the right eye." She should "no longer watch" how such people "build their infrastructure with the help of the state".
At the beginning of December, the Federal Public Prosecutor had arrested 25 suspected members and helpers of the terrorist group during a raid in Germany, Austria and Italy. 22 of them are accused of being members of a terrorist group that wanted to overthrow the political system, three are said to be supporters. Ringleader is said to be in addition to Henry XIII. Prince Reuss to be a former elite soldier. According to a media report, around 5,000 police officers were on duty during the major action.
