German police arrested eight suspected members of a neo-Nazi group, 'Saxony Separatists,' as part of a large-scale operation. The group aimed to train for a coup against the German state. This is the second coup plot uncovered in recent years with links to the Alternative for Germany party.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing militant group driven by racist ideology and conspiracy theories who had been training in warfare for the downfall of the modern German state, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

The Alternative for Germany, a far-right party polling second nationally, will expel three members arrested for suspected involvement in an extremist group accused by prosecutors of planning an armed revolt,

German authorities have arrested eight individuals suspected of being part of a right-wing extremist group, Saxony Separatists. Driven by racist ideologies, the group was preparing for a militant coup.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) said Wednesday it was throwing out three party members who were arrested on suspicion of having joined an extremist paramilitary group.