Germany arrests second soldier in alleged far-right plot

German authorities arrest a second soldier on allegations he was part of a far-right plot to assassinate prominent political figures and blame the attack on refugees in a case that has raised concerns about extremism within the country’s military.

Maximilian T., 27, was arrested in the southwestern city of Kehl on charges of preparing an act of violence, federal prosecutor’s spokeswoman Frauke Koehler says.

A judge later ordered him held as the investigation continues into a case that authorities have called “more than strange.”

His apprehension follows the arrest last month of 28-year-old 1st Lt. Franco A., a Bundeswehr soldier stationed with a Franco-German brigade in Illkirch, just across the border from Kehl in France.

— AP