Germany arrests eight over alleged far-right coup plot

Prosecutors said the group was undertaking training for the collapse of German society

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Prosecutors said the group - known as the Saechsische Separatisten or "Saxony Separatists" - was undertaking military training for the collapse of the German government and society, which it believed would come on an unspecified "Day X".

After that date, the group allegedly planned to seize control over areas of eastern Germany by force and establish a far-right regime.

More than 450 officers carried out searches and arrests across Germany, Austria and Poland in an effort to dismantle the group.

Prosecutors said the group planned to create a government "inspired by National Socialism" - the far-right totalitarian ideology associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party.

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