Red Army Fraction
The search for ex-RAF terrorists continues – Garweg in focus
The police continue their search for the two fugitive ex-RAF terrorists Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub. photo
© Dominik Totaro/dpa
The pressure on the two fugitive ex-RAF terrorists is increasing: the investigators assume that they have gotten close to one of them. Who is now probably “really on the run” – and could be dangerous.
The police continue their search for the two fugitive ex-RAF terrorists Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub. Further searches and longer investigations are expected, the police said. Garweg (55) in particular is in focus: the investigators have taken his home away from him, he is most likely traveling without logistics – and Garweg is “really on the run”, which could be incriminating, said a spokesman for the Verden public prosecutor’s office. His biggest concern is a short-circuit act. He appealed to Garweg to turn himself in to avoid possible escalation.
Garweg is said to have lived temporarily in a trailer on a site in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The police had searched the area and two Berlin apartments in the past few days, and the construction trailer was removed for further investigations. This means: Garweg’s environment is gone and the pressure on him is increasing, said the spokesman for the Verden public prosecutor’s office.
Hided over 30 years ago
Former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette was arrested in Berlin on February 26th. The 65-year-old as well as Garweg and Staub went into hiding over 30 years ago. All three belonged to the so-called third generation of the former left-wing extremist terrorist organization Red Army Faction. This was the epitome of terror in Germany for decades. In 1998 it declared itself dissolved. During the active terror period of the third generation, the then Deutsche Bank boss Alfred Herrhausen (1989) and Treuhand boss Detlev Karsten Rohwedder (1991) were murdered.
On Monday, investigators searched an apartment on Corinthstrasse in Berlin. According to the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office, they found one person, but none of the people they were looking for were there. Another operation followed in the afternoon on Autobahn 5 south of Darmstadt, including special operations forces, an LKA spokeswoman said. Accordingly, there were no arrests or arrests, but a camper was towed away. The spokeswoman did not provide any details about the vehicle. The trailer site in Friedrichshain was searched on Sunday and an apartment in the evening. There was no arrest either.
Also wanted for robbery
There are arrest warrants against Klette, Staub and Garweg on suspicion of involvement in terrorist attacks. They were or are also wanted for several robberies. Between 1999 and 2016 they are said to have robbed money transporters and supermarkets in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. They are also accused of attempted murder because there was a shooting.