- Former RAF member Garweg captured?
At Berlin-Spandau station, a man was provisionally arrested on Tuesday evening in connection with the search for two former RAF terrorists. The operation was carried out jointly with the Federal Police following a tip from the public, a spokesperson for the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office (LKA) said. The identity of the person is currently being determined, but the spokesperson could not specify how long this process would take.
According to a report by "Bild", the informant recognized the man, who was sitting in an ICE, as Ernst-Volker Staub. The LKA spokesperson only confirmed that the arrest was in connection with the search for Burkhard Garweg (55) and Ernst-Volker Staub (69). According to information from the German Press Agency, a DNA comparison is to clarify whether the person in question is Garweg.
The Federal Police Directorate Berlin stated that a man was provisionally arrested during a person check on Tuesday around 21:00. He is currently in custody in Berlin, a spokesperson said.
Since 2015, the public prosecutor's office in Verden has been investigating the former RAF terrorists Staub, Daniela Klette, and Garweg for attempted murder and attempted and completed severe robbery in several cases. Klette was arrested at the end of February in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The police, led by the LKA Lower Saxony, had been searching for her for decades. The search for Staub and Garweg continues. They belonged to the so-called third generation of the left-wing extremist Red Army Faction (RAF). In 1998, the RAF, which had killed more than 30 people, declared itself dissolved.
The arrest at Berlin-Spandau station could potentially be linked to concerns about extremism, given that those arrested are associated with the third generation of the left-wing extremist Red Army Faction (RAF). The investigation into Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub for attempted murder and robbery has been ongoing since 2015 due to their involvement in extremist activities.
