A German court sentenced five people who planned to abduct Health Minister Karl Lauterbach to prison on Thursday. According ...

The five convicted on Thursday had focused their ire on Germany’s health minister, Karl Lauterbach, a medical doctor and former professor who has taught at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Federal prosecutors said during the trial that the group was linked to the so-called Reich Citizens scene that rejects the legitimacy of Germany’s postwar constitution ... kidnapping former Health ...

“Siesta during the heat is certainly not a bad suggestion,” said Karl Lauterbach, Germany’s health minister, reacting to calls from top German public health officials last month to imitate ...

The group had planned to kidnap Health Minister Karl Lauterbach - an advocate of strict ... and eight years in jail by a court in western Germany. A fifth defendant received a two year and 10 ...

According to the indictment, the group wanted to plunge Germany into chaos. The defendants planned to use bomb attacks to cause a power outage and kidnap Lauterbach. The group's end goal ...