Accused German Red Army Faction militant sentenced to 13 years
Daniela Klette, a former member of the Red Army Faction, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for armed robberies. She was arrested in 2024 after living in hiding for over three decades. The Red Army Faction was a militant group active in Germany that was responsible for numerous violent acts from the 1970s to the 1990s.
- ▪Daniela Klette was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a German court.
- ▪She was arrested in 2024 after being found in Berlin using facial recognition software.
- ▪The Red Army Faction was responsible for the deaths of 34 people between 1970 and 1991.
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Accused German Red Army Faction militant sentenced to 13 yearsSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxPublished May 27, 2026, 08:39 PMUpdated May 27, 2026, 08:39 PMVERDEN, Germany, May 27 - A German court sentenced Daniela Klette, identified by police as a former member of the extreme-left Red Army Faction, to 13 years in prison on Wednesday for a series of armed robberies.Klette, 67, was arrested in 2024 after more than three decades in hiding when she was found living under an assumed name in Berlin by an investigative journalist using facial recognition software.The Red Army Faction, which grew out of the leftist protest movements of the 1960s, carried out a wave of kidnappings and murders of prominent officials and business leaders that reached a peak in late 1970s…
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