Germany bans far-right group linked to 'Reich Citizens' movement

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has banned the far-right group "Kingdom of Germany," a prominent faction of the Reich Citizens movement.

The group, which reportedly has around 6,000 followers, has been accused of establishing a "counter-state" and building criminal economic structures.

According to the Interior Ministry, police have been conducting raids since early Tuesday on properties of key members in seven German states, including Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

Dobrindt stated that the group's members used anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to support their claimed sovereignty, adding that such behaviour cannot be tolerated in a state governed by the rule of law.