Five jailed in Germany for far-right plot to overthrow the government
The defendants had planned to use bombs to cause nationwide blackouts and kidnap former Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, prosecutors said.
A German court has jailed five people for plotting to overthrow the country’s government in a far-right coup.
The defendants also planned to kidnap a former German health minister.
The defendants were convicted of founding or being a member of a terrorist organisation called “Vereinte Patrioten” (United Patriots) and of preparing treasonous acts against the German government involving explosives and attacks on the country’s power grid.
On Thursday, Koblenz Higher Regional Court sentenced the ringleaders — four men aged between 46 and 58 — to prison terms ranging from five years and nine months to eight years.
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