Overview
- Daniella Klette, 67, was formally indicted by federal prosecutors on Friday over three Rote Armee Fraktion attacks from 1990 to 1993, and she remains in custody as a separate terrorism case is prepared in Frankfurt.
- Prosecutors say she helped carry out a 1991 shooting on the U.S. embassy in Bonn, where attackers fired at least 250 rounds at the building and placed about 20 people in immediate danger.
- They also accuse her of taking part in the 1993 bombing of the newly built prison in Weiterstadt, where guards were tied up and removed before several charges exploded and caused about €63 million in damage.
- The case includes a failed 1990 car‑bomb attempt at a Deutsche Bank site in Eschborn, where a VW Golf loaded with roughly 45 kilograms of explosives did not detonate near a guard room with three security staff.
- Investigators point to hair or DNA traces and a key witness, while the defense says DNA follow‑up largely failed and questions the witness’s credibility, spotlighting the challenge of trying decades‑old RAF crimes after membership offenses expired with time limits.