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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Mar 6, 2025, 04:39 PM Mar 6

5 convicted of plotting to overthrow the German government and kidnap the health minister

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Thursday convicted five people of plotting to overthrow the government in a far-right coup and kidnap the former health minister.

The Koblenz Higher Regional Court sentenced the four ringleaders to prison sentences between five years and nine months to eight years. A fifth defendant received a sentence of two years and 10 months, German news agency dpa reported.

The defendants, four men aged 46 to 58 and a 77-year-old woman, were accused of founding or being a member of a terrorist organization called “United Patriots” and of preparing a highly treasonous enterprise against the German government.

Federal prosecutors said during the trial that the group was linked to the so-called Reich Citizens scene that rejects the legitimacy of Germany’s postwar constitution and has similarities to the Sovereign Citizens and QAnon movements in the United States.

https://apnews.com/article/germany-far-right-verdict-united-patriots-reich-citizens-ccf4328424745a0d4f45bfd56aa63725

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5 convicted of plotting to overthrow the German government and kidnap the health minister (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 6 OP
Ruskies? SheltieLover Mar 6 #1
Glad they were caught/prosecuted but curious how they thought they would take action on that? dutch777 Mar 6 #2
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