He is considered the main accused of the right-wing extremist terrorist group: Henry XIII. According to the coup plans, Prince Reuss was to be the new regent. The police are now arresting him at his home in Frankfurt. In his second property, a hunting lodge in Thuringia, a weapons store is also suspected.
Raids against a right-wing extremist terrorist network have been underway in eleven federal states since the early hours of the morning. Heinrich XIII, who has long been attributed to investigators as belonging to the "Reichsbürger" milieu. Prince Reuss is considered one of the main suspects in connection with the right-wing terrorist group's plans for a coup. According to ntv information, the 71-year-old real estate entrepreneur was arrested by the police at his residence in Frankfurt am Main.
The focus of the raids was also the property of Prince Reuss in the East Thuringian town of Bad Lobenstein. Investigators have been searching the Waidmannsheil hunting lodge, of which he is the lord, since the early morning. According to a report in the "Ostthüringer Zeitung", an arms depot is suspected there. According to the group's coup plans, Prince Reuss was to be the regent.
In the summer, the prince was the guest of honor at an event hosted by the mayor of Bad Lobenstein, Thomas Weigelt, who has since been suspended. This made headlines because he attacked a reporter from the newspaper while doing background research on the invitation. Thuringia's Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow then sharply condemned the mayor on Twitter.
After the incident, the Reuss house had publicly distanced itself from her family member, the report continues. Heinrich XIV Prince Reuss, head of the noble house, announced in the summer of this year that Heinrich XIII. broke away from the family 14 years ago. In a statement, Henry XIV described him as a "confused old man" who was caught up in "conspiracy theory errors".
