Prosecutors within the northern German metropolis of Hamburg filed fees towards a 66-year-old man accused of supporting a terrorist group and aiding and abetting the preparation of a treasonable enterprise in reference to an alleged plot to overthrow the German authorities.
Prosecutors mentioned the person who was arrested final November, has been a supporter of the “United Patriots” offshoot of the extremist “Reichsbürger” motion since at the least 2022.
The Reichsbürger (“residents of the Reich”) motion does not acknowledge the post-Second World Warfare Federal Republic of Germany, its legal guidelines or its establishments.
The United Patriots offshoot seeks “to switch the liberal-democratic fundamental order of the Federal Republic of Germany with an authoritarian system of presidency modeled on the structure of the German Reich of 1871,” prosecutors added.
Plans for ‘crusing to Russia’
Amongst different issues, members and supporters of the group allegedly deliberate to sail a ship into Russian territorial waters and make contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
That they had hoped for army and political assist from Putin within the founding of a brand new state, based on the Hamburg public prosecutor’s workplace.
The suspect additionally allegedly organized a number of Telegram teams centered on restoring Germany’s Imperial Structure of 1871.
Prosecutors mentioned the United Patriots contacted the person in early 2022, after which he expressed enthusiasm about becoming a member of their plans, together with the sail to Russian territorial waters. He’s additionally mentioned to have attended a number of conferences.
He’s additionally being charged with illegally possessing a firearm with over 100 rounds of ammunition.
If convicted, he could possibly be sentenced to as much as ten years in jail.
ac/wmr (dpa, AFP)
