(ANSA-AFP) - CELLE, MAR 25 - A former member of Germany's
far-left Baader-Meinhof gang who was arrested last year after
more than 30 years on the run went on trial Tuesday for a series
of armed robberies. Daniela Klette, 66, was part of the radical
anti-capitalist group also known as the Red Army Faction (RAF),
which carried out a series of killings, bombings and
kidnappings, mainly in the 1970s and 80s. She was arrested in
February 2024 at her Berlin flat, where police found a
Kalashnikov assault rifle, explosives and large sums of cash,
after apparently hiding there in plain sight for two decades.
Weeks earlier, the creators of a German "most wanted" podcast
had stumbled across photos of Klette on Facebook attending
capoeira classes in Berlin, though it is unclear whether this
led to her arrest. The trial being held under tight security in
the northern city of Celle relates to robberies Klette allegedly
committed with two other gang members to finance their life on
the run after the RAF disbanded in 1998. After she was detained,
prosecutors also had Klette formally arrested on suspicion of
involvement in three politically motivated attacks in the 1990s,
while the gang was still active. (ANSA-AFP).
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