Suspected Reichsburger member arrested for death plots against German politicians

"German police have arrested a man who allegedly issued online calls on the darknet to kill politicians, including former chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, judicial sources said Tuesday. The suspect, a German-Polish man only partially named as Martin S., was detained late Monday in the western city of Dortmund, prosecutors said in a statement. The man had allegedly issued anonymous calls since June for attacks on public figures and government officials, the Public Prosecutor's Office said."

"He had also published instructions for building explosive devices and requested donations in cryptocurrencies, to be used as "bounties" for the killings. Prosecutors said he had posted "death sentences pronounced by himself" as well as the "sensitive personal data of potential victims". He is being investigated on charges including financing terrorism and inciting violence aimed at endangering the state, and was set to face the Federal Court of Justice later on Tuesday."

"Spiegel Online reported that the 49-year-old suspect had listed 20 targets, also including judges and prosecutors, on a site he had labelled "Assassination Politics", which was filled with far-right content and conspiracy theories, some related to the coronavirus pandemic. The movement, which rejects the legitimacy of the modern German republic, was long dismissed as a group of malcontents and oddballs, but is now considered a security threat by German authorities."

A German-Polish man named Martin S. was detained in Dortmund after allegedly issuing darknet calls to kill politicians including former chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz. The suspect allegedly issued anonymous calls since June for attacks on public figures and posted instructions for building explosive devices while requesting cryptocurrency donations as bounties. Prosecutors say he posted self-declared death sentences and sensitive personal data of potential victims. He faces investigation for financing terrorism and inciting violence aimed at endangering the state and was scheduled to face the Federal Court of Justice. Authorities link him to a right-wing conspiracy movement and a site called 'Assassination Politics' listing 20 targets.

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