At least 25 people have been arrested in raids across Germany due to suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.

According to the BBC, the group of far-right and ex-military figures are believed to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and seize power.

One of the men identified as Heinrich XIII, from an old aristocratic family, is alleged to have been central to their plans. According to federal prosecutors, he is one of two alleged ringleaders among those arrested across 11 German states.

The plotters are also said to include members of the extremist Reichsbürger [Citizens of the Reich] movement, which has long been in the sights of German police over violent attacks and racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories. They also refuse to recognise the modern German state.

Other suspects came from the QAnon movement who believe their country is in the hands of a mythical “deep state” involving secret powers pulling the political strings.