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Germany's federal prosecutor's office announced police raids of several properties in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Saxony, and Schleswig-Holstein on Tuesday.
One of the larger police operations was visible in the municipality of Althengstett in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest, where the two suspects being investigated as part of Tuesday's operation reside.
They are suspected of supporting the far-right "Reichsbürger" (or "Citizens of the Reich" in English) movement, which does not recognize the formation of modern Germany after World War II.
Several senior members, including alleged ringleader and German noble Heinrich XIII Prinz Reus, were accused late in 2022 of plotting a coup and are currently on trial. Tuesday's raids coincided with another trial day in Frankfurt in that case, with the businessman and aristocrat among those present in court.
Heinrich XIII is a member of the House of Reuss that used to rule much of what's now the state of Thuringia in Germany, around the cities of Gera and GreizImage: Boris Roessler/dpa Pool/picture alliance The suspects under investigation in Tuesday's raids are reportedly suspected of making properties available to the group for recruiting and fundraising events.
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