(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, MAY 21 - A prince, a former MP and
ex-army officers will go on trial Tuesday, 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. The proceedings at the
regional court in Frankfurt are the second of three trials
against defendants linked to the putsch plan. Eight suspected
members of the coup plot will take 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 will stand trial in Frankfurt, was
said to be in line to become the provisional head of state after
the current government was overthrown. The sensational plan,
foiled by authorities at the end of 2022, is the most
high-profile example of the growing threat of violence from the
political fringes in Germany. (ANSA-AFP).
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