Former RAF terrorists
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A police car is parked in front of the apartment of former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette (archive photo). Photo
© Hannes P Albert/dpa
Former terrorist and suspected robber Daniela Klette has been in custody for three months. The Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office is confident that it will also catch her accomplices.
Three months after the arrest of the ex-RAF terrorist Daniela Klette has received hundreds of tips from investigators about her former accomplices Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub.
Officers from the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office (LKA) were hot on Garweg’s heels at the beginning of March and confiscated the trailer in Berlin-Friedrichshain in which the 55-year-old had lived under the alias Martin. 431 clues about Garweg alone and a further 327 about Staub had been registered, the LKA said in response to a request from the German Press Agency in Hanover. Klette had also lived under a false identity in a Berlin apartment until her arrest on February 26.
94 Notes on dogs
On March 2, new photos were published showing the wanted Garweg with his dogs. Since then, according to the LKA, 94 tips have been received about the dogs. Investigators seized hundreds of pieces of evidence both in Klette’s apartment and on the trailer site – the evaluation is still ongoing, according to investigators.
The trio Klette, Garweg and Staub belong to the so-called third generation of the left-wing extremist Red Army Faction. In 1998, the RAF, which killed more than 30 people, declared itself disbanded. Klette is in custody in the women’s prison in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The Verden public prosecutor’s office is investigating the 65-year-old on suspicion of robbery. The public prosecutor’s office is also examining whether Klette’s possible use of firearms could be considered an attempted murder, said an authority spokesman.
“I am still confident that we will arrest the two wanted men, Garweg and Staub,” said Friedo de Vries, President of the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office, to the dpa. “There are still investigative approaches that must be consistently pursued.” However, the LKA President did not want to speak of a “hot lead” at the moment. “We will continue to pursue every approach that presents itself with concentration and persistence and will not let up. And we know significantly more about the wanted men today than in the many years of the search before,” said de Vries.
Verden District Court has jurisdiction for Klette
According to the authorities, the Verden Regional Court is responsible if charges are brought against Klette. The public prosecutor’s office and the regional court announced this in response to a request from dpa. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the investigations against Klette are not yet complete, but charges are expected to be brought.
“Due to the possibility of charges being brought before the Verden Regional Court, the Regional Court is currently analyzing a potential risk situation,” said a spokesperson for the court. It cannot currently be said in which rooms a possible trial would be held.