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Germany conducts nationwide raids to thwart group planning coup

Police officers stand guard in Frankfurt, Germany after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right terrorist group were detained during raids across Germany on Wednesday.

More than 3,000 German law-enforcement officers conducted raids across the country Wednesday and detained 25 people suspected of links to a domestic terrorist group allegedly planning a coup d’etat.

The 25 individuals, who are all German citizens except for one Russian, plus a further 27 people, are suspected of either belonging to or supporting an organisation with far-right links which aims to violently overthrow the government, the federal prosecutor’s office said in an emailed statement.

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