A German court has sentenced 67-year-old Daniela Klette to 13 years in prison for a series of armed robberies. Klette was identified by police as a former member of the extreme-left Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang.
Klette, who was Germany's most-wanted woman and the last female member of the terrorist network still on the run, was arrested in February 2024. She had been hiding in plain sight for more than three decades under an assumed name in Berlin before being located by an investigative journalist using facial recognition software.
The Red Army Faction emerged from leftist protest movements in the 1960s and sought to overthrow what it viewed as a fascist capitalist state. Klette was part of the group's third generation, active in the 1980s and 1990s. Between 1970 and 1991, the group carried out kidnappings and murders of business leaders and officials, killing approximately 34 people. The organization declared an end to its urban guerrilla warfare in a final statement issued in 1998.
While Klette has been found guilty for her part in the robberies, more serious charges await her. Police continue to search for two suspected accomplices and former group members, Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub.