A German Leftist group has been calling for insurrection as the authorities struggle to deal with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

The website Indymedia, which has been classified by the German government as a Leftist extremist group, published a call for rebellion, looting, and attacks on the electrical grid in an attempt to disrupt German productivity while the security services are preoccupied with the effects of the outbreak, according to a report by Der Tagesspiegel.

“We are attempting to make our own revolutionary contribution to the outbreaks of rage, anger, protests, looting, and riots,” a writer using the name “Anticalypse” said in the missive, which was posted on Tuesday.