User:Hybay/sandbox/Hannibal network

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"Hannibal" was the online user name of Bundeswehr Unteroffizier André S., who as an administrator formed and coordinated a network of prepper groups since about fall 2015. The "Hannibal" network became known through the terror investigations against Bundeswehr soldiers starting in 2017. According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) at least parts of the network were already known by the end of 2016.

The associated chats were divided into regions (North, East, South, West) and consisted of groups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The participants prepared for a collapse of the state order on a "Day X". These included the group Nordkreuz and its offshoots, which was considered to be extreme right-wing, members of the ###### Uniter association, reservists, officers of the Kriminalpolizei, members of Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK), judges, employees of the BfV and other German security agencies. André S. was a member of the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) in Calw and co-founded the Uniter association.

Observers interpret the network, the Prepper's weapons stores, shooting exercises and enemy lists as an attempt to build up a "Schattenarmee" (underground army). According to chat transcripts, order lists, and personal statements by some of the preppers, they wanted to prepare an armed coup and mass murder of political opponents.