Ex-RAF Militant Charged Over 1990s Attacks in Germany

German prosecutors have charged former Red Army Faction (RAF) member Daniela Klette with attempted murder and multiple violent attacks carried out in the early 1990s. The 66-year-old suspect, arrested in Berlin in February 2024 after more than three decades on the run, is accused of bomb attacks, kidnapping for ransom, and aggravated robbery, with charges filed in a Frankfurt court.

Klette was allegedly part of the RAF’s third generation, a far-left militant group responsible for dozens of killings between 1970 and 1991. Prosecutors say she was involved in a 1990 car bomb plot targeting a Deutsche Bank building, a 1991 shooting attack on the U.S. embassy in Bonn, and a 1993 prison bombing in Weiterstadt that caused major damage.

The Frankfurt court will now decide whether to proceed with a full trial, a process expected to take months. Klette is already facing a separate trial in Celle for armed robberies carried out between 1999 and 2016, where prosecutors accuse her and accomplices of stealing millions of euros and attempting violent cash van heists.

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