The German government banned the controversial “Reich citizen” group and arrested its leaders. Also called the Reichsburger movement, the group rejects the legitimacy of the modern German state, maintaining that the prewar German Reich still legally exists.

The German government has banned the largest “Reich citizen” group, an extremist far-right organization that calls itself the “Kingdom of Germany” and seeks to undermine the country’s democratic order,

Police arrested four members of a radical group seeking to replace the modern German state, the interior minister and prosecutors said on Tuesday, in the latest operation against a far-right movement flagged as a potential threat to democracy.

The leader of a secessionist group styled as the "Kingdom of Germany" was arrested with supporters for allegedly running a counter German state which government officials have now banned.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has banned the far-right group "Kingdom of Germany," a prominent faction of the country's Reich Citizens movement, with four of its alleged ringleaders detained during raids across several German states.

Police arrested four people on Tuesday linked to a radical group seeking to replace the modern German state, prosecutors said, in the latest operation against a movement flagged as a potential threat to democracy.

Germany has launched a major crackdown on the country's largest ‘Reich citizen’ group, ‘Kingdom of Germany,’ banning the far-right extremist organisation and conducting raids across multiple states. Interior minister Alexander Dobrindt described the group as a "counter-state" operating within Germany,