Trial Begins for Former RAF Member Daniela Klette Over Armed Robberies

The high-security trial in Celle examines Klette's alleged links to 13 robberies and broader questions about her RAF past, while her defense challenges procedural fairness.

• Daniela Klette, a former RAF member, faces charges of attempted murder, illegal weapons possession, and aggravated robbery for 13 crimes committed between 1999 and 2016.
• The 2015 attempted robbery in Stuhr, involving gunfire at a cash transport vehicle, is a central focus of the trial, with victims participating as co-plaintiffs.
• DNA evidence links Klette and her alleged accomplices, Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, to the crimes, though the latter two remain at large.
• The defense has criticized the late submission of 12 terabytes of evidence and accused the prosecution of relying on unsubstantiated RAF connections to fill evidentiary gaps.
• The trial, held in a high-security courtroom in Celle, highlights the ongoing legal and societal reckoning with the legacy of the RAF's violent history.

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