>From: "red-rebel" <red-rebel@supanet.com> >Subject: Germany: RAF Suspect Goes On Trial - FAZ >Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:17:59 -0000 > >Suspected RAF Terrorist Goes on Trial >=========================== >STUTTGART. Amid high security, the trial of a >suspected member of the Red >Army Faction began here on Tuesday. Andrea Klump, >43, has been charged with >two counts of attempted murder, collusion to murder >and belonging to a >terrorist group. > >Ms. Klump pleaded not guilty and denied ever having >been a member of the >Red Army Faction, a left-wing terrorist group. But >the federal public >prosecutor's office maintains that the >Wiesbaden-born woman became active >in the 1970s, when the group's activities were at >their peak, and was a >full-fledged member from 1984 to 1998. She was >arrested last year in >Vienna. During the arrest, her companion, Horst >Ludwig Meyer, another >German who was also wanted in connection with Red >Army Faction activities, >was shot dead. > >Prosecutors will argue that Ms. Klump and Mr. Meyer >planned a 1998 bomb >attack on personnel of the North Atlantic Treaty >Organization based in >Rota, Spain, in the hope of killing as many U.S. >soldiers as possible. The >attack was foiled when the bomb failed to detonate. >The two suspected >terrorists fled, taking a British family hostage but >ultimately leaving it >unharmed. A verdict is expected early next year. >(AP) >November 28 >Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 2000 > >======================================
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