German police have arrested two suspects in a July 2022 bombing that destroyed the local headquarters of the left-wing Die Linke party in the western German city of Oberhausen. No one was hurt in the explosion, which largely destroyed Die Linke's offices and damaged adjoining buildings. A prosecutor spoke of a stroke of luck given the power of the blast. On Thursday, police in nearby Essen announced that a 32-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of being behind the
The German prosecutor's office has filed terrorism charges against 27 alleged participants in an attempted coup including a prince and a far-right MP, German newspaper Die Zeit reported on Dec. 12.
German prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed terrorism charges against 27 people, including a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, in connection with an alleged plot to topple the government that came to light with a slew of arrests a year ago. Under the German legal system, the court must now decide whether and when the case will go to trial. Nine of those suspects, all German nationals, are accused of belonging to a terrorist organization that was founded in July 2021 with the aim of “doing away by force with the existing state order in Germany,” federal prosecutors said in a statement.