The figurehead of a far-right extremist group with plans to overthrow the German government is a "confused" minor aristocrat who is obsessed with conspiracy theories and wants to become King.
Three thousand officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states this morning, arresting 25 members of the so-called Reich Citizens (Reichsbürger) movement.
The group rejects Germany's post-WWII consitution, has called for an armed takeover of the country's parliament (Bundestag), and plans to replace the democratic state with a monarch-ruled Reich.
