Elderly German Leftist Terror Group Member Sentenced After Spending Decades on the Run

A German regional court on Wednesday sentenced 67 year-old Daniela Klette, a former member of the far-left militant Red Army Faction (RAF), to 13 years in prison for her role in a series of armed robberies she committed during decades on the run.

Klette, described by outlets in the past as “Germany’s most-wanted woman,” spent three decades of her life as a fugitive of the law due to her past involvement with the Red Army Faction, a violent far-left group that killed dozens and injured hundreds before it disbanded in 1998.  She was finally arrested on February 26, 2024 in Berlin, where she was found to have been hiding in plain sight all these years under a false identity. Her conviction follows a roughly a year-long trial process that reportedly began in March 2025.

German authorities accused Klette and fellow former RAF members Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg of committing