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Key Witness Testifies in Trial of Former RAF Member Daniela Klette

The money transporter driver recounts harrowing details of the 2015 armed robbery, as the defense seeks to delay proceedings for further investigations into historical RAF links.

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Overview

  • Daniela Klette, a former member of the Red Army Faction, is on trial for her alleged role in a 2015 armed robbery and attempted murder near Bremen.
  • The driver of the targeted money transporter testified about his experience, describing gunfire and the psychological trauma he endured during and after the attack.
  • Prosecutors classify the incident as attempted murder, citing evidence of multiple gunshots, including one that penetrated the driver’s cabin, and the terror inflicted on the victims.
  • Forensic DNA evidence links Klette and her alleged accomplices, Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, to the crime and a series of robberies that reportedly netted over 2.7 million euros.
  • The defense has requested a suspension of the trial, arguing that federal investigations into Klette’s alleged involvement in RAF-linked attacks from the early 1990s should be completed first.