German police arrest 25 on suspicion of planning armed far-right coup

Some members of the grouping reject Germany’s post-war constitution and have called for the overthrow of the government.

Police officers in Frankfurt during a raid against so-called Reich Citizens (dpa via AP)

Thousands of police officers have carried out raids across much of Germany against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup.

Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states against adherents of the so-called Reich Citizens movement.