German chancellor says alleged links between far-right party, coup plotters ‘very bad’

Germany’s chancellor on Thursday slammed an alleged connection between people accused of plotting a coup in the country and the far-right Alternative Party for Germany (AfD).

A former AfD member of the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, being among the accused "is of course a very remarkable and very bad incident," Olaf Scholz told reporters in Berlin.

Scholz was referring to Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, who was among the suspects and who federal prosecutors said was to be the justice minister of the coup regime.