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Wanted poster from the investigating authorities

Photo: Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office

In the search for former RAF members Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, investigators are relying on new wanted posters. The Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office announced that these should be distributed nationwide in printed form. Since Daniela Klette's arrest at the end of February, 760 new tips have been received.

The investigators assume that Klette and Garweg “were in very close contact.” In the apartment where the suspected ex-left-wing terrorist lived, traces were also found that could be attributed to dust.

According to the authorities, Garweg had lived in various places in Berlin for many years. The person being sought had at times owned two dogs that went by the names Anusch and Lola. Recently he was often out and about with his dog Lola. The police also named several aliases that the alleged former RAF member is said to have used: Martin Becker, Martin Martens and Martin von Staden. However, it can be assumed that he has more and will continue to use other aliases in the future to conceal his identity. At the beginning of March, the Lower Saxony LKA boss Friedo de Vries told SPIEGEL that there were also indications that Garweg was abroad. 

In addition to weapons, identification documents and driver's licenses were also found in the apartment where Klette lived. This shows that Klette also used numerous aliases: Claudia Bernadi, Carlotta Gärtner, Claudia Schmidt and Claudia Schmidt Oliviera. After the festival name, the code name Claudia Ivone first became known.

At the end of February, the suspected former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette was arrested in Berlin and was apparently still able to warn Garweg. The two and Staub went into hiding more than 30 years ago. All three 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 1993.

Lower Saxony prosecutors accuse the trio of at least six robberies of cash-in-transit trucks and supermarkets between 1999 and 2016 after the end of the RAF.

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