After a bunker was discovered in a forest in Lower Saxony, the police assume that the RAF is hiding.
The finds are still being analyzed.
An
earth bunker was
discovered
near Seevetal in
Lower Saxony
.
The
State Criminal Police Office
assumes that the
Red Army faction is
hiding
.
So far there are no
new
indications
of fugitive
ex-RAF members
.
Kassel - Forest workers
may have discovered an earth bunker of the
Red Army Faction
(RAF)
near Seevetal in northern
Lower Saxony
.
Among other things, documents from the
1980s
were found.
The
State Criminal Police Office
(LKA) is currently investigating the finds.
The authorities expect to have the first results of the forensic investigations by the end of the week at the earliest, according to a spokeswoman for the
NDR
.
The investigators, who also
receive
support from the
Federal Criminal Police Office
, assume that
the
RAF was
previously
hiding
.
Lower Saxony: is it RAF bunker number 15?
According to the
NDR
,
RAF
experts assume that the left-
wing terrorists
have set up 18 earth bunkers
in
Germany
.
Money
, stolen identity documents and
weapons
are said to have
been deposited in
the hiding places
.
14 have been found so far, whether the recently discovered earth bunker in
Lower Saxony
is number 15?
At least the location speaks for it:
With its connection to the
A1
,
A7
and
A39,
Seevetal
is
a centrally located and important
transport hub
.
The other bunkers also had these properties.
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Lower Saxony: In the forest near Seevetal, legacies of the left-wing terrorist RAF may have been found in an earth depot.
© dpa / Seevetal fire department
Police combed the area in Lower Saxony: No other possible RAF bunker discovered
From Friday afternoon (January 15, 2021) to Saturday evening (January 16, 2021) the
police
,
fire brigade
and LKA experts
combed
the wooded area near Seevetal.
Among other things, the area in
Lower Saxony was
searched extensively for further depots - but without success.
On site, some of the
containers hidden
in the possible
RAF bunker
in which liquids had been discovered
were also
examined.
According to the
State Office
of
Criminal Investigation,
these are commercially available
chemicals
.
More detailed information will probably only be available after the substances have been
further investigated
in the Forensic Institute in
Hanover
.
Alleged RAF hiding place in Lower Saxony: LKA analyzes documents
Like the TV magazine
Hello Niedersachsen
reported were among the found
documents
apparently also instructions like
bombings
can be injured very many people and killed.
This evidence is also examined for traces in the Forensic Institute.
In addition, some parts are
analyzed
by the
Harburg police
.
It is possible that
DNA traces
or
fingerprints
can still be found
on the finds, according to the LKA.
However, no
weapons were found in the alleged
RAF
depot.
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Lower Saxony: A firefighter in protective clothing is hosed down with water after working in a forest in which a possible hiding place in the ground was discovered by the RAF.
© dpa / Seevetal fire department
New references to ex-RAF members?
LKA Lower Saxony does not expect it
The
State Criminal Police Office of Lower Saxony
does not currently assume that the discovery will provide further
evidence
of the whereabouts of the three
former RAF members
Ernst Volker Staub, Burkhard Garweg and Daniela Klette.
"We can not completely rule it out," said a spokeswoman.
The LKA had already
launched
a
Europe-wide search
last year
.
In spite of the information received, the officials have not yet found a hot lead.
(Nail Akkoyun)
Red Army Faction (RAF)
For more than 20 years, the Red Army faction fought against the supposedly “imperialist system” of the Federal Republic of Germany.
From 1971 to 1993, the terrorists killed 34 people, including representatives from business and politics, such as Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and Employer President Hanns Martin Schleyer.
Often it was about various demands, such as the release of imprisoned RAF members.
In April 1993 the RAF announced its dissolution.
List of rubric lists: © dpa / Seevetal fire brigade