Ex-RAF terrorist Klette lived in a Berlin apartment without a rental agreement

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Police officers in front of the Berlin house where Daniela Klette lived

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Former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette lived in her one-room apartment in Berlin-Kreuzberg without a rental agreement.

There was also no approved subletting, said a spokesman for the Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Mitte (WBM).

Therefore, the WBM did not know that the wanted terrorist lived in the building on Sebastianstrasse.

The “BZ” had previously reported.

The actual tenant of the apartment must expect consequences, according to the WBM spokesman.

But he didn't give any details.

This also applied to information about the rental agreement or who paid the rent in previous years.

The spokesman referred to data protection.

The 65-year-old Klette was arrested on February 26th in her apartment in Kreuzberg.

She is said to have lived there for around 20 years.

When the police searched the approximately 40 square meter social apartment, they found, among other things, a grenade and explosives.

The police are still on duty in the building.

Operational measures were also underway on Wednesday, according to the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office.

Former resident as tenant

According to media reports, the apartment was rented from a previous resident.

It is not known whether he knew Klette's identity.

According to the “BZ” report, the man’s current place of residence is unknown.

Together with the former RAF terrorists Burkhard Garweg, 55, and Ernst-Volker Staub, 69, Klette went into hiding more than 30 years ago.

All three are said to have belonged to the so-called third generation of the left-wing extremist terrorist organization Red Army Faction, which carried out numerous attacks and killed people until 1991.

In 1998 the RAF declared itself dissolved.

Burdock, Staub and Garweg are wanted on suspicion of involvement in terrorist attacks.

They are also said to have robbed money transporters and supermarkets in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia between 1999 and 2016 to obtain money.

Because there was shooting, they are also accused of attempted murder.

After Klette's arrest, the search for the two men continues.

In this context, there have been several searches in Berlin in the past few days.

So far, however, the information about the wanted former RAF terrorists has not led to their arrest.

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