SPIEGEL 50 years ago: When the security authorities believed far too early that they had defeated the RAF. Eavesdropping and surveillance continued for months, and only after “careful secret service preparation” did the authorities strike in a completely bloodless manner.
After the successful attack, BKA officials assumed that although some "dispersed individuals and radical enthusiasts" would continue to commit violent acts. The wave of terror reached a cruel climax in 1977 with the murder of Federal Prosecutor General Jürgen Dresack.