In the nationwide raid against the Reich Citizens' Scene there were arrests in the single digits in Hesse. According to the current state of investigation, the alleged head of the association is a man from Hesse, Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) said on Wednesday in the Hessian state parliament in Wiesbaden. The man arrested during the raid has been known to the security authorities in the country for a long time and is assigned to the Reich citizen scene.

In Hesse, around 300 people took part in the nationwide measures, reported Beuth. The Attorney General is conducting the proceedings. The Federal Criminal Police Office coordinates the police measures. The measures were directed against a widely ramified and nationwide group, explained the Minister of the Interior. This is suspected of having formed a terrorist organization to overcome the state order in Germany.

Reich citizens are people who do not recognize the Federal Republic and its democratic structures. They often refuse to pay taxes. Often they are in conflict with authorities. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution ascribes around 21,000 followers to the scene.