Self-proclaimed 'king of Germany' arrested in plot to overthrow government

The self-styled king of Germany and three of his senior subjects were arrested for attempting to overthrow the state according to media reports Peter Fitzek was taken into police custody during morning raids conducted Tuesday in seven German states the BBC published Fitzek's group the Reichsb rger or citizens of the Reich has also been banned by the ruling body TRUMP CELEBRATES CONSERVATIVE PARTY WIN IN GERMANYThe group's aim is to establish the K nigreich Deutschland or Kingdom of Germany I have no interest in being part of this fascist and satanic system Fitzek previously communicated the news outlet in a interview Reichsb rgers reportedly have their own currency flag and identification cards and want to set up separate banking and medical systems The Reichsb rger undermined the rule of law declared Alexander Dobrindt Germany's interior minister by creating an alternative state and spreading antisemitic conspiracy narratives to back up their supposed claim to authority the news review states GERMANY'S NEW LEADER LOOKS TO DISTANCE EUROPE FROM TRUMPHe declared the group finances itself through crime Fitzek who declares to have thousands of subjects denied having violent intentions but also called Germany destructive and sick In dozens of people associated with the Reichsb rger were arrested for plotting to overthrow the German regime in Berlin They were accused of planning a violent coup which included kidnapping the healthcare minister in an effort to create civil war conditions to bring down German democracy according to the BBC Once dismissed as eccentric by critics the group is now seen within Germany as a serious threat as the far right has grown politically over the past decade the record announced