Kalashnikov and grenade
Investigators find weapons of war on RAF terrorist Klette
February 29, 2024, 4:42 p.m
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After the arrest of RAF terrorist Daniela Klette, investigators unearthed an increasingly large arsenal of weapons. In addition to ammunition, pistol magazines and a grenade, heavy military weapons have now been discovered in her home in Berlin. The search continues for Klette’s accomplices.
When searching the home of former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette, investigators also found “heavy weapons of war.” This was said by a spokesman for the Verden public prosecutor’s office. As the “Bild” newspaper reports, it is a Kalashnikov rapid-fire rifle as well as several short and long weapons as well as a rocket-propelled grenade.
The seven-story building in Berlin-Kreuzberg was evacuated by the police on Wednesday evening. Later, some residents of another house also had to leave their apartments. The road was completely closed. The closure was only lifted early Thursday morning. When Klette’s apartment was searched, weapons, pistol magazines and ammunition were found.
On Wednesday evening, forensic scientists brought a grenade out of the house, and on Thursday morning another potentially dangerous object was taken out and loaded into a special vehicle. A third discovery followed later, as reporters observed. The investigators initially released only a little information, also because the search for Klette’s RAF accomplices Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg was continuing at high speed.
The two wanted men are still not caught. After Klette was caught, investigators also arrested another suspect in Berlin based on further unspecified information, who is of a similar age to the Staub and Garweg they were looking for. After an investigation through “extensive police measures,” he was released from custody, the LKA in Hanover said on Tuesday. The police are not providing any further information “to protect the man’s personal rights”. A third arrest has not been confirmed.
Epitome of terror and murder
The former RAF terrorist Klette was arrested in Berlin-Kreuzberg on Monday evening. She was in hiding for 30 years and is said to have lived in the capital for years under a false identity. However, the name she is said to have used cannot be found on the doorbell at the entrance to the inconspicuous apartment building.
According to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, there are still arrest warrants against Klette. She is being investigated for causing an explosive explosion and attempted murder in crimes that occurred in the early 1990s. The 65-year-old is currently in custody for six armed robberies on money transporters and supermarkets in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia between 1999 and 2016. Specifically, according to the Verden public prosecutor’s office, Burdock, Staub and Garweg are accused of crimes in Stuhr, Wolfsburg, Hildesheim, Cremlingen and Bochum and Duisburg be responsible. The trio is also accused of attempted murder because shots were allegedly fired during robberies.
For decades, the left-wing extremist organization Red Army Faction (RAF) was the epitome of terror and murder in the west of still divided Germany. Garweg, Burdock and Staub belong to the so-called third generation of the RAF. During their active time, the then Deutsche Bank boss Alfred Herrhausen (1989) and Treuhand boss Detlev Karsten Rohwedder (1991) were murdered and Herrhausen’s driver was seriously injured.