New findings
RAF terrorist Garweg lived in caravan in Berlin
The wanted former RAF terrorist Burkhard Garweg lived in a caravan on a site in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. This was announced by a spokesman for the State Criminal Police Office of Lower Saxony on Sunday. The caravan had been confiscated and was now being investigated.
130 police officers searched the area in Friedrichshain (Berlin) for several hours (see video above). In the meantime, ten people were arrested to verify their identity. The people involved are said to have offered no resistance. In addition, "the suspected accommodation of Burkhard Garweg could be determined with a high degree of probability", the State Criminal Police Office of Lower Saxony announced on Sunday. The caravan was confiscated and is now being investigated.
According to Berlin police, the property is a derelict site used primarily by the alternative scene and is home to shacks, mobile homes, caravans and buildings. It was announced in the evening that another apartment had also been searched in connection with the case.
"Tactical opening of doors"
According to the police, there were "sounds of gunfire as part of the tactical opening of doors" during the operation. The business premises that were searched from 7.30 a.m. on Sunday are located at the corner of Markgrafendamm and Persiusstraße. The manhunt for the wanted former RAF members Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub in and around Berlin has recently been significantly intensified.
The background to the operation was the arrest on Monday of suspected RAF terrorist Daniela Klette (65), who is said to have lived unrecognized in Berlin for years. Investigators suspect that the two men may also be in Berlin. Garweg and Staub are said to have committed robberies armed with burdock to finance their underground lives for more than 30 years. The public prosecutor's office is investigating attempted murder, among other things.
The trio is considered to be part of the third generation of the RAF. The Red Army Faction was a left-wing extremist group that was responsible for 33 murders of executives, the hostage-taking in Stockholm (1975) and several bomb attacks with over 200 injuries. Among those murdered were the then CEO of Deutsche Bank, Alfred Herrhausen, and Treuhand boss Detlev Karsten Rohwedder.
"The murders of the third generation of the RAF have not been solved. The security authorities have made no progress," said Baum. "This is an open wound and an appalling vacuum. And it is a burden for the relatives," lamented former German Interior Minister Gerhart Baum (FDP).
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