Germany’s Chancellor slams an alleged connection between those accused of plotting a coup in the country and the far-right Alternative Party for Germany
The 58-year-old was a member of parliament from 2017-2021, after which she returned to her previous post as a judge at the Berlin district court.
Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a former AfD member of the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, is among the suspects of a far-right group who were plotting a coup in Germany. The 58-year-old was a member of parliament from 2017-2021, after which she returned to her previous post as a judge at the Berlin district court.
“This group had a large network across the country. They had precise plans. They had been prepared to use violence, even if that meant killing people,” Haldenwang told public broadcaster ZDF.German police arrested more than two dozen people on Wednesday in one of the biggest "anti-terror operations" in its history and conducted searches of at 150 properties in 11 federal states.
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