Germany’s most wanted woman jailed after three decades evading police (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 months ago

The radical anti-capitalist group took up arms against what they saw as US imperialism and a “fascist” German state still riddled with former Nazis. It is believed to have been responsible for killing at least 30 people and injuring 200.

Are we talking innocent people or fash scum?

[-] YourAvgDuckHead@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 months ago

Both I'd say, though mainly the latter. Also it gets really muddled when you look closer. There were three different "generations" of RAF members, that didn't have that much to do with each other, personally or ideologically. And of course there was also involvement of secret services, which still hasn't really been researched deeply.

[-] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

She was charged for attempted murder and robberies (convicted only for the latter), and the only reason why she was not tried for terrorist offences committed before the early 1990s was because a statute of limitations deadline had expired.

Are these 'activities' fine if and when the person who commits them claims to be 'left-wing' and 'anti-capitalist'? Am I a 'fash' if I don't want people to be robbed at gunpoint (and killed) just because they work in a bank or have been in the wrong place at the wrong time?

And, if so, what exactly is the difference if such crimes are committed by a right-winger for some other abnormal 'reasons'? What difference does it make to the victims?

[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 13 points 3 months ago

she was wanted for robberies, not for murder. implying she killed people is a pretty fucking scummy thing to do. you're straight up lying.

Are these 'activities' fine if and when the person who commits them claims to be 'left-wing' and 'anti-capitalist'?

yes. be gay, do crime, kill Nazis and Zionists. the German billionaires are the grandchildren of literal Nazis that escaped punishment because the US and other allies didn't want to kill rich Nazis. there's a moral obligation steal the wages of the working class that were pilfered by Nazi billionaires. this woman is a hero and should be celebrated as such.

[-] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

@Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus

What you are doing is openly calling for violence, apparently out of a degenerated mindset.

[-] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 months ago

it doesn't matter how much you suck on their boots, those Nazi billionaires are never going to fuck you.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Mainly the latter but there were civilian victims.

[-] undeadotter@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

I still remember reading about her arrest a couple of years ago:

Klette – the last female member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) terror network still on the run until her arrest at her flat on Monday evening – was known by many dog walkers in the area not by her name or her notorious past, rather as the “owner of Malaika”.

White-overalled forensic investigators filed out of Klette’s flat in a run-down 1950s housing block removing boxes and bags, her bike and even an anti-tank weapon, on top of the Kalashnikov rifle and a machine pistol discovered there two days before. Her neighbours – evacuated overnight due to the discovery of the weapons – were still trying to digest the news about who had been living in their midst.

Klette spent more than three decades hiding in broad daylight. She gave maths and German tutoring to school pupils in the neighbourhood, either free or for cash, and helped Turkish nationals to write letters to the authorities, neighbours said. One said she had baked biscuits for him one Christmas.

For several years she was deeply involved in a Brazilian culture centre in the district, where she practised capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines dance and fighting. There is photographic evidence she travelled to Brazil with her dance troupe; she held a falsified Italian passport. Members of the group recall a friendly, gentle but taciturn character.

It is thought that the discovery of photographs of her with her capoeira group at Berlin’s annual carnival of cultures – smiling, tossing petal confetti, a white bandana on her head – led to her identification and arrest.

[-] inari@piefed.zip 20 points 3 months ago

Damn, lady was enjoying her retirement to the fullest

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago

She sounds like a great person

[-] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 8 points 3 months ago

Everyone's very shocked she wasn't baby eating evil huh I wonder if

[-] d_o_o_m_g_u_y@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

No shit

[-] brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

How did they get to her? The last robbery was in 2016.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It is thought that the discovery of photographs of her with her capoeira group at Berlin’s annual carnival of cultures – smiling, a white bandana on her head and tossing petal confetti – led to her identification and arrest.

Probably facial recognition cameras

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 6 points 3 months ago

targeted cash transport vehicles and supermarkets

Oh nyooo, not the cash transport vehicles and supermarkets!!

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago

Seig heil Germany 🤢

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