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Judiciary vans, each carrying defendants, drive in a courtyard before the start of the trial against members of the "United Patriots" grouping at the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, Wednesday, May 17, 2023
FIVE people went on trial in Germany today, accused of planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the country’s health minister.
Four men and a woman are accused of treason and of founding or being members of a terrorist organisation.
Federal prosecutors say the group is linked to the Reich Citizens scene that rejects the legitimacy of Germany’s post-war constitution and has similarities to the Sovereign Citizens and QAnon movements in the United States.
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