Red Army Faction militant arrested in Germany after decades on run

A member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) has been arrested in Germany after more than three decades on the run.

Daniela Klette is one of three members of the so-called third generation of the far-left urban guerrilla organisation, and had been in hiding since the 1990s.

Wanted for attempted murder, a series of armed robberies and other offences, Klette was arrested in Berlin on Monday after a raid carried out by officers from Lower Saxony and Berlin police and involving Europol.

The 65-year-old is being held in custody having been brought before a judge in Verden, Lower Saxony.

The arrest came after a television programme, Aktenzeichen XY – the German equivalent of the UK’s Crimewatch – recently profiled the trio, and was led by investigators in Lower Saxony where many robberies took place between 1999 and 2016. The robberies are not believed to have been acts of terrorism but are suspected of financing the fugitives’ lives underground.

Read more: The Guardian (UK)