The number of members of the so-called “Reichsbürger” movement has risen to 15,600 in January this year, according to a media report published on Friday.
Interior ministers of the federal and state governments are debating a motion to examine the allegedly right-wing extremist “prepper scene”, according to a media report on Thursday.
A German far-right militant
belonging to the shadowy "Citizens of the Reich" movement was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing a policeman during a dawn raid on his house.
A former "Mr Germany" suspected of belonging to the loosely-organized far-right "Reichsbürger" movement
appeared in court in eastern city Halle on Monday, facing charges of attempted murder after a gunfight with police officers.
After a gun enthusiast shot and killed a special forces police officer at the door to his house last year, the radical Reichsbürger movement came to national attention. The murder trial started on Tuesday.
A court on Wednesday sentenced Peter Fitzek, the self-declared "King of Germany", to jail for setting up an illegal bank and embezzling up €1.3 million of deposits.
German police Wednesday made two arrests, seized guns and shot dead a Doberman attack dog in coordinated raids against the far-right "Reichsbürger" or "Citizens of the Reich" movement, they said.
Police in three German states raided more than a dozen homes and businesses, linked to a group with its own "country" as part of the sometimes violent Reichsbürger movement - those who do not recognize the German government.
As police launched nation-wide raids on Wednesday, reportedly against a "Reichsbürger" terrorist group suspected of plotting armed attacks, here's a look at what exactly the extremist movement is about.
A police officer was shot and killed by an extremist who does not recognize the German government. Now prosecutors are investigating two commissioners who they say were in contact with the shooter - and may have indirectly helped him.
Police in Wuppertal on Thursday showed off the massive arsenal of two so-called Reichsbürger - people who don’t recognize the legitimacy of the German state.
A 45-year-old German woman who’s a member of the radical far-right Reichsbürger group has been arrested in the Austrian state of Carinthia and deported to Slovenia.
Two weeks after a self-proclaimed "Reichsbürger" killed an officer during a police raid, German police are investigating within their own ranks for links to the extremist movement.
One of the police officers shot by a self-declared "Reichsbürger" extremist on Wednesday has since died due to his injuries, Bavarian officials confirmed on Thursday morning.
The former Mr. Germany model and founder of a group that denies the existence of Germany refused to be evicted, provoking a shootout - and bite-out - with police.
