The Social Democratic Health Minister Karl Lauterbach was also one of their targets.
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Raid on Antivax. The German judiciary announced on Thursday April 14 the arrest of four members of a far-right network in the movement of opponents of the rules regarding Covid-19, who have been carrying out “violent attacks” in Germany and the kidnapping of “public figures”. life considered.
The Social Democratic Health Minister Karl Lauterbach was also one of their targets. He denounced extremists who are “a minority but very dangerous”. This “shows not only that the protests against the anti-Covid rules have become radicalized (…), but that they are now attempts to destabilize the state,” he reacted during a press conference.
The suspects, arrested the previous day during extensive searches, had specifically planned to attack the power grids in order to cause “a protracted blackout across the territory” which they said would have set the stage for a “civil war”. .
Since October 2021, authorities in several parts of the country have been investigating the group, its founders and supporters. In Wednesday’s raid, they notably seized firearms and ammunition, gold bars and silver coins, more than 10,000 euros worth of currency, as well as mobile phones, fake Covid-19 vaccination cards or even several documents written about their plans to overthrow the state.