Trial against ex-RAF terrorist Klette: Revolver robbery hunts perpetrator!

Trial against ex-RAF terrorist Klette: Revolver robbery hunts perpetrator!

On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, a particularly sensational trial will take its first rounds in the German court system. The focus is on former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette, who is charged at the Verden regional court for the attack on a cash office in Hildesheim in May 2016. The prosecution accuses Klette and her accomplices Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub of using force to take a money messenger's weapon during this robbery instead of stealing cash as usual, reports North24.

The situation quickly got out of control when the perpetrators attacked a money delivery person, a department store detective and an employee with a pistol and a stun gun. The original target was the cash in the safe - but the perpetrators lacked the correct key. Instead, they fled with the money messenger's gun. According to the prosecution, the employee and the money delivery person were severely traumatized by the incident and were on sick leave for a long time.

Dark past and new details

The process is not the first that Klette has had to go through. After her arrest in February 2024 in Berlin, where the police also seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and even gold bars, investigations revealed that Klette was living under a false identity in the period before her arrest. She adapted to the Brazilian community in Berlin, took part in cultural events and pretended to be “Claudia”. daily news.

Amazingly, new footage shows Klette in a convivial atmosphere, including with a baby and suspected accomplice Garweg. This image of a caring person stands in stark contrast to her past, which links her to the terrorist group RAF. This was active from 1970 to 1998 and was responsible for numerous robberies and attacks; a total of over 30 murders and over 200 injuries are part of its bleak balance sheet Wikipedia.

The role in the RAF

The “third generation” of the RAF, to which Klette belongs, carried out a total of 13 raids between 1999 and 2016 and stole around 2.7 million euros. This background casts a shadow over the current trial and shows that Klette does not enter the courtroom as an ordinary criminal, but as part of the terrorist-historical context that has shaped the Federal Republic of Germany. During her time underground, Klette warned accomplices of impending arrest and used her skills to make counterfeits and also undertake international trips - for example to Brazil and South Africa.

The trial will take place in the Celle Higher Regional Court because the amount of work and public attention for these investigations required such a setting, although Klette is officially accused before the Verden Regional Court. Investigations into the RAF and its underlying structures are being conducted by the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe, which further underlines the complexity and significance of the case.