Germany plans to tighten its gun laws in the wake of a suspected plot by a far-right group to violently overthrow the government and install a minor royal as national leader, its interior minister said in an interview published on Sunday.
Thomson ReutersPolice stand guard Wednesday in front of a residence in Frankfurt after 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group were detained during raids across Germany.German police last week arrested 25 people suspected of involvement in the plot, which has shocked many in one of Europe's most stable democracies.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, in an interview with Bild am Sonntag newspaper, warned that the Reichsbuerger represented a rising threat to Germany given it had expanded by 2,000 to 23,000 people in the past year. "We need all authorities to exert maximum pressure" to remove their weapons, Faeser was quoted as saying, which was why the government would "shortly further tighten gun laws."Prior to the raids, authorities had already confiscated weapons from more than 1,000 Reichsbuerger members. However, at least another 500 are still believed to hold gun licences in a country where the private possession of firearms is rare.
A police helicopter with a suspect arrives in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Wednesday, close the federal prosecutor's office. Prior to the raids, authorities had already confiscated weapons from more than 1,000 Reichsbuerger members.
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