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Six arrested in Romania after investigation into ‘coup plot with Russian help’

Police officers escort a group of suspects accused of being part of a treason plot at the Bucharest Court of Appeal in Romania yesterday. Photo: Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via Reuters

Police officers escort a group of suspects accused of being part of a treason plot at the Bucharest Court of Appeal in Romania yesterday. Photo: Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via Reuters

Luiza Ilie

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Romania detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with Russia’s help, prosecutors said yesterday, and a 101-year-old former army major general said his home had been raided as part of the investigation.

The suspects were detained on Wednesday, the same day Romania – a European Union and Nato member state – declared the Russian embassy’s military attache and his deputy personae non grata for what it said were acts contravening diplomatic rules.

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