In a statement, former RAF terrorist Klette rejects the allegations against her – and accuses the state of “escalation and denunciation”.
Former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette denies having attempted murder. This is reported by the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” newspaper, citing a statement from the suspect, who is in custody in Vechta, Lower Saxony. Klette’s lawyer confirmed the report to the German Press Agency.
In her statement, Klette speaks of state “denunciation” and “media incitement” against herself and her former RAF comrades Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub. Since 2015, the Verden public prosecutor’s office has been investigating Klette, Garweg and Staub for attempted murder and attempted and completed aggravated robbery in several cases. Klette was arrested at the end of February this year in Berlin-Kreuzberg, where she had been living in an apartment under a false name.
Klette speaks of “fight for liberation”
“The Verden public prosecutor’s office is constructing a story according to which I, Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, who are still being sought with excessive effort and accompanied by brazen media agitation, were supposed to have been an unscrupulous gang,” Klette is quoted as saying. “26 years after the dissolution of the RAF, the state is continuing to escalate and denounce. They claim that we were prepared to kill people to raise money and survive in illegality. For people from the history of the revolutionary left in the Federal Republic of Germany, this would never have been an option.”
According to the report, the public prosecutor’s office accuses Klette of carrying a bazooka herself during one of the attacks and that all three perpetrators were aware that they would accept death if necessary. Klette writes, however: “On the contrary: the fight for liberation is also about a world without greed for money, free from exploitation and any kind of oppression.”
Charges against Klette expected in autumn
According to previous information, arrest warrants have also been issued against Klette, Staub and Garweg on suspicion of involvement in terrorist attacks. They belonged to the so-called third generation of the left-wing extremist Red Army Faction (RAF). In 1998, the RAF, which had killed more than 30 people, declared itself disbanded. Klette’s lawyer said on Wednesday that, according to the responsible public prosecutor, charges against the 65-year-old would be brought in the autumn. The Verden Regional Court would then be responsible for the trial.
Source: Stern
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