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German Bundestag attack plotter arrested in Perugia

Far-right militants planned to assault German parliament

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(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 7 - A German citizen who was among those who plotted to attack the Bundestag parliamentary building in Berlin was arrested in Perugia, the capital of Umbria, on Wednesday, police said.
    The man, part of the far-right group that also planned other attacks, was searched for documents, police said.
    A Russian was also among the 25 far-right militants arrested in Germany, German police said.
    The group, which calls itself Reichsbuerger, or Citizens of the Reich, are suspected of "making concrete preparations to enter the German parliament by force with a small armed group," German prosecutors said.
    The group's members were rounded up across the country, German prosecutors said. (ANSA).
   

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