Kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer
Kidnapping and murder by Red Army Faction (RAF) in 1977 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer marked the end of the German Autumn in 1977.
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Part of German Autumn | |
Location | Cologne, Germany (kidnapping) France (murder) |
Date | 5 September 1977 (1977-09-05)– 18 October 1977 (1977-10-18) |
Attack type | Kidnapping, murder |
Deaths | 5 |
Victim | Hanns Martin Schleyer |
Perpetrators | Red Army Faction (RAF) |
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German industrial leader and former SS officer Hanns Martin Schleyer was kidnapped on 5 September 1977, by the Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as Baader-Meinhof Gang, in Cologne, West Germany. It was intended to force the West German government to release Andreas Baader and three other RAF members being held at the Stammheim Prison near the city of Stuttgart. On 18 October 1977, on learning that three of their members had died in prison, the RAF killed Martin Schleyer.[1]