DThe fugitive, former RAF terrorist Burkhard Garweg lived under a false name in an area of the squatter scene in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The Verden public prosecutor informed the FAZ on Monday that the 55-year-old Garweg appeared there as “Martin”. The trailer in which Garweg lived has now been removed from the site for further examination. The investigators are currently investigating whether anyone from the left-wing scene in the area knew about Garweg's true identity. It is currently assumed that many people did not know that “Martin” was a former RAF terrorist and robber.
The spokesman for the public prosecutor's office calls on Garweg to turn himself in to the authorities. With the construction trailer, Garweg lost his previous “place of retreat”. After Daniela Klette's arrest, her apartment in Berlin-Kreuzberg is also no longer available. Garweg is now “without hiding” and “actively on the run,” says the public prosecutor. In view of the military weapons that were found in Klette's apartment, there is reason to fear “that there is a potential for escalation in an encounter with the police,” warned the authority spokesman. This should be avoided. If Garweg turns himself in and confesses, this could also have a mitigating effect on his sentence.
Klette and Garweg committed numerous robberies together with 69-year-old Ernst-Volker Staub. The trio is considered to be the third generation of the left-wing terrorist Red Army Faction and continued to live underground after its self-dissolution in 1998. After Klette's arrest last Monday, investigators presented current photos of Garweg and his dogs on Saturday. On Sunday his trailer was searched, where he apparently stayed for a long time and until recently.
According to the public prosecutor's office, no weapons have been discovered in the trailer. After the search of the area, there were two further searches in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain on Sunday evening and Monday morning. There were no arrests there. Thereafter, no further searches took place until the afternoon. The police are maintaining the pressure to search for Garweg and Staub with large numbers of personnel.
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