Six persons arrested in Romania over alleged coup plot

Romanian security agents have detained six people with alleged links to Russia on suspicion of a coup plot.

The Organised Crime Unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced in a statement on Thursday in Bucharest.

The suspects are said to have had multiple contacts with “agents of foreign powers, both on Romanian and Russian territory.

Romanian media had reported that one of those arrested was a 101-year-old retired major general, who repeatedly spread anti-Semitic propaganda in the media.

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The agency has requested pre-trial detention for four of the suspects and house arrest for the other two.

A judge is expected to rule on this later on Thursday.

The public prosecutor’s office accused the detainees of treason and of founding a criminal group that it said had been planning to impair the sovereignty and independence of the Romanian state since 2023.

The Unit alleged that the suspects’ goal was to lead Romania out of NATO, eliminate the current constitutional order and political parties, and take over the country’s rule.

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