German prosecutors charge 27 over far-right coup plot

FILE PHOTO: Police secure the area around the Waidmannsheil hunting lodge, after suspected members and supporters of a far-right group were detained during raids across Germany, in Saaldorf, Bad Lobenstein, Germany December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors have charged a total of 27 people with supporting a terrorist organisation and preparing an act of high treason just over a year after members of a far-right group were arrested on suspicion of plotting a violent coup.

The group of Reichsbuerger (Citizens of the Reich), who do not recognise the legitimacy of modern Germany, had wanted to create a new state led by aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.