Federal prosecutor's office against Reich citizens indictment instead of Lauterbach kidnapping

The federal prosecutor's office is filing charges against five Reich citizens, alleging that they planned a coup and the kidnapping of the health minister. The Lauterbach kidnapping was not included in the indictment against the five Reich citizens. Five citizens of the Reich are facing terrorism charges after it was alleged that they plotted to kidnap the health minister. (Photo: Annegret Hilse/Reuters) BERLIN taz | The five people are accused of organizing terrorism and preparing a "treasonable enterprise against the federal government.".

Five Reich citizens have been charged, according to a Monday statement from the federal prosecutor. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) was allegedly abducted, and they are accused of plotting a coup.

The four citizens of the Reich, Sven B., beginning in April 2022,. Mr. Michael H.

Mr. Thomas O. Also, Thomas K.

arrested in Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Bavaria, and Rhineland-Palatinate. In October that year, Saxon Elisabeth R, then 75, was detained.

By mid-January 2022, at the latest, the group is said to have formed. They communicated through telegram groups like "United Patriots" and looked for additional supporters there. The indictment claims that between December 2021 and February 2022, other like-minded individuals attended four meetings that were held in Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Thuringia.

If necessary, bodyguards ought to be put to death. The five members of the group served as a ringleader and two arms, according to the federal prosecutor.

Sven B. Mr. Thomas K.

Also, Thomas O. Michael H. and Elisabeth R. both belonged to the "military branch".

toward the "administrative branch.". According to reports, they planned to overthrow themselves in three stages, and the preparations were reportedly very detailed.

The first step should be to implement a national blackout. Thomas O. a Rhineland-Palatinate resident.

is said to have already spied out several objects of the electricity infrastructure and obtained maps. The facilities were to be damaged or destroyed to cause a prolonged, nationwide power outage.

The rumor is that Thomas K. was also intended for this.

The Brandenburg financial accountant Sven B. in turn is said to have been in charge of the kidnapping of Lauterbach.

If necessary, his bodyguards should also be killed for this. According to the indictment, the citizens of the Reich expected riots to break out after the kidnapping.

Then the plan goes wild: using a “false flag” action that Michael H. planned, Actors were supposed to imitate Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier or Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a live television broadcast and announce that the federal government had been deposed and that the constitution of 1871 was in effect again.

After that, a “constituent assembly” was supposed to meet in Berlin, which was supposed to protect Sven B. militarily.

In a new government, the quintet would then have taken on "central functions", according to the indictment. Group searched intensively for weapons Even if the plan sounds absurd, the arrested people were obviously serious.

According to the indictment, Thomas O. and Sven B.

are said to have tried to get several tons of explosives and weapons from the former Yugoslavia. Sven B.

is said to have transferred funds and paid some himself. Thomas K.

is also said to have agreed to contribute his own firearms. In the end, it was Thomas O.

who was arrested when he accepted two fully automatic AK 47 assault rifles and four Glock pistols and ammunition at a sales meeting staged by investigators. Elisabeth R., a retired teacher, was busy recruiting potential fellow campaigners and pushed for the plan to be implemented quickly, according to the federal prosecutor.

Again and again she brought appointments into play. She also wrote briefs for the group.

The charges were filed on January 16, but have only now been made public. The trial against the group is to be heard before the Koblenz Higher Regional Court.

Lauterbach thanked the investigators for the arrests and his bodyguards on Monday: "The BKA officers are risking their lives for us. That's a great achievement.

planned, Actors were supposed to imitate Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier or Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a live television broadcast and announce that the federal government had been deposed and that the constitution of 1871 was in effect again.