Germany: Five jailed over far-right plot to kidnap health minister

The group wanted to create civil war-like conditions in Germany and overthrow the government.

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Four of the group were described as "ringleaders" of a "terrorist organisation" which planned to use violence to trigger civil war-like conditions in Germany.

The group had planned to kidnap Health Minister Karl Lauterbach - an advocate of strict Covid-19 measures during the pandemic - and to kill his bodyguards if necessary.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the defendants had posed "an enormous threat" to national security.

The Koblenz higher regional court heard the group came together in January 2022 and devised a plan which included a sabotage attack to disable the power grid.

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