Twenty-five people were arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting a coup.
How it transmits BBC, the German media write that extreme right-wingers and former members of the military planned to break into the parliament and take over power.
The German, who is called Prince Heinrich XIII (71), has been identified as the mastermind of the operation.
Among those arrested are members of the extremist movement "Citizens of the Reich" (Reichsbürger), who have been on the radar of the police for some time due to violent outbursts and racist conspiracy theories. Federal prosecutors said about 3.000 police officers raided 130 locations in 11 of Germany's 16 states against supporters of the movement.
22 German citizens were detained for membership in a "terrorist organization", while one Russian citizen is suspected of supporting the organization, reports Nova.rs.
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Members of that movement also refuse to recognize the modern German state.
They planned to introduce the arrangement of Germany from 1871.
According to reports, around 50 people have been accused of being members of a group that planned to abolish the republic and replace it with a new state order modeled after Germany in 1871.
The barracks of the German KSK special forces units in the southwestern town of Kalvo were also searched. The unit has come under scrutiny in the past due to the alleged far-right involvement of some soldiers.
In addition to Germany, one person was detained in the Austrian city of Kitzbühel, as well as in the Italian Perugia.
Former elite soldiers were also among the conspirators
The BBC reports that Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office has announced that the group had been planning a violent coup since November 2021, and that former members of the military were also a significant part of the coup plot.
Among them were former elite soldiers from special forces, the BBC reports.
"The conspirators have already established plans to rule Germany," announced the Federal Prosecutor's Office.
As it was added, the members of this group allegedly understood that they could achieve their goals only with "military means and violence against the representatives of the state", and this included the execution of murders.
Public broadcaster ZDF reported that a former member of the far-right lower house of the Bundestag was also part of the plot and was appointed as the group's justice minister, with Prince Heinrich as its leader.
Former German army officer arrested in Italy
In Italy, police arrested a 64-year-old former German army officer linked to an extreme right-wing group suspected of preparing a violent overthrow of the state in Germany, Reuters reported.
The police said that the man was arrested in a hotel in Perugia, where "material related to the subversive activity" of the organization was found.
The press release states that the procedures for the extradition of the suspect have begun.
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