Germany High security precautions ahead of German RAF trial
Before the start of the trial against former German RAF terrorist Daniela Klette, numerous emergency services secured the Celle Higher Regional Court. A sniffer dog was also deployed, as reported by a dpa reporter.
25.03.2025, 09:44
SDA
Judicial officers and police officers with machine guns stood in front of the entrances and police cars were parked in the vicinity.
Hours before the start of the trial, journalists queued up to get into the building on time. Several spectators also waited outside the building.
Trial postponed for security reasons
Klette has been charged with attempted murder and 13 robberies and the trial is being held at Verden District Court. For security reasons, however, the trial will not begin in the rooms of the district court, but in the state security room of the higher regional court in Celle.
The public prosecutor's office is accusing the 66-year-old of attempted murder, unauthorized possession of weapons and attempted and completed aggravated robbery. Her alleged accomplices, former RAF members Ernst-Volker Staub (70) and Burkhard Garweg (56), are still on the run.
Between 1999 and 2016, the trio allegedly robbed cash transporters and supermarkets in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein to finance their underground lives. The gang is said to have stolen more than 2.7 million euros.
