A militant from the Baader-Meinhof group, sentenced to prison in Germany. She lived hidden under a false identity for three decades
A German court on Wednesday sentenced 67-year-old Daniela Klette to 13 years in prison for several armed robberies and an attempted kidnapping, reports Reuters, which mentions that the woman belongs to a known far-left terrorist group – the Red Army Faction.
Daniela Klette was arrested in 2024 in Berlin, after living hidden under a false identity for three decades. An investigative journalist discovered who he is with the help of facial recognition software, reports Agerpres.
In her home, the police found weapons, including part of a reactive projectile, as well as 240,000 euros in cash.
Ahmad Mohammad, spokesman of the court, stated that the sentence referred strictly to the robbery charges, in which Klette had two accomplices. Together with them, she attacked several supermarkets and a cash transport.
The verdict was read publicly under strict security conditions, but the German press reported that the judge was interrupted several times by supporters of the convicted.
Defense lawyer Lukas Theune said he would appeal because the court refused to accept more evidence.
Baader-Meinhof Group and Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF)
The Red Army Faction (RAF, Rote Armee Fraktion) grew out of the leftist protest movements of the 1960s and carried out the kidnapping and assassination of prominent German officials and businessmen. The group's criminal activity peaked in the late 1970s, then petered out as terrorists were arrested or killed.
According to prosecutors, Daniela Klette was part of the third generation of the RAF, known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, after the name of the founders. He had the stated objective of overthrowing the German state, which he considered fascist, and killed 34 people between 1970 and 1991.
In 1998, the Baader-Meinhof group issued a final communique announcing the end of the “urban guerrilla war”. Several members were pursued, but managed to remain at large for decades. The police are still looking for the two alleged RAF militants, Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, accomplices of Klette.
