Five charged over second far-right plot to ‘overthrow German government’
by AFP in Berlin from on (#683WV)
Alleged plan to abduct health minister revealed six weeks after German aristocrat accused of separate coup attempt
Five Germans have been charged with treason over an alleged far-right plot to overthrow the government that included plans to abduct the health minister, prosecutors have announced.
The four men and a woman were arrested in recent months over the plot, with the health minister, Karl Lauterbach - unpopular among far-right groups because of anti-Covid measures - confirming he was targeted.
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