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Former Red Army Faction Member Sentenced to 13 Years for Armed Robberies

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Former Red Army Faction member Daniela Klette has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Verden court in Lower Saxony for armed robberies committed between 1999 and 2016. Klette, who was on the run for over three decades, was arrested in Berlin in February 2024. The court found her guilty of serious robbery, violation of weapons laws, and other offenses.

  • Klette, along with two other former RAF members, Burkhard Garweg and Volker-Staub, robbed supermarkets and armed cash transport vehicles.
  • The robberies primarily focused on eight incidents in northern and western Germany, with the last one occurring in June 2016 near Braunschweig, where approximately 1.4 million euros were looted.
  • Klette was living in Berlin's Kreuzberg district under a false name and using a foreign passport at the time of her arrest.
  • Prosecutors stated that Klette made little effort to hide her true identity despite being a fugitive for decades.

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