Germany puts alleged leaders of suspected far-right coup plot on trial
Al Jazeera
Nine defendants, including Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss, go on trial in Frankfurt for ‘treasonous’ 2022 coup plot.
A prince, a former MP and former army officers are among nine defendants who have gone on trial in Germany, accused of masterminding a conspiracy theory-driven plot to attack the German parliament and topple the government.
In one of the biggest cases heard by German courts in decades, prosecutors accuse the group of preparing a “treasonous undertaking” to storm the Bundestag and take MPs hostage.
Tuesday’s proceedings at the regional court in Frankfurt are the second of three trials against defendants linked to the 2022 putsch plan.
Eight suspected members of the coup plot took the stand in Frankfurt, as well as one woman accused of supporting their efforts to overthrow Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government.
The minor aristocrat and businessman Prince Heinrich XIII Reuss, one of the group’s ringleaders who has gone on trial in Frankfurt, was said to be in line to become the provisional head of state after the current government was overthrown.
