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Day X plot
The Day X plot refers to plans allegedly formulated in 2017 by elements within the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK; "Special Forces Command") of Germany's Bundeswehr to assassinate several left-leaning politicians including Dietmar Bartsch. Others have dismissed the allegations as a conspiracy theory, saying a more routine criminal matter was exaggerated in order to embarrass the ruling Christian Democratic Union of Germany in advance of the 2017 German federal election. Information about the supposed plot came to police attention during the investigation of a different alleged plot by German military officers to assassinate the President of Germany. The planned killings were made public in November 2018. Two German military officers were arrested in relation to the alleged plot. One was tried and acquitted, and the other released on court order without charge. Franco Albrecht, a former lieutenant, was found guilty of planning terror attacks posing as a refugee and was sentenced to five and a half years in prison
Article summary
The Day X plot refers to plans allegedly formulated in 2017 by elements within the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK; "Special Forces Command") of Germany's Bundeswehr to assassinate several left-leaning politicians including Dietmar Bartsch. Others have dismissed the allegations as a conspiracy theory, saying a more routine criminal matter was exaggerated in order to embarrass the ruling Christian Democratic Union of Germany in advance of the 2017 German federal election. Information about the supposed plot came to police attention during the investigation of a different alleged plot by German military officers to assassinate the President of Germany. The planned killings were made public in November 2018. Two German military officers were arrested in relation to the alleged plot. One was tried and acquitted, and the other released on court order without charge. Franco Albrecht, a former lieutenant, was found guilty of planning terror attacks posing as a refugee and was sentenced to five and a half years in prison
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