As of: March 4, 2024 11:22 a.m
The Verden public prosecutor’s office has called on the fugitive ex-RAF terrorist Burkhard Garweg to give up his cover. In this way, a possible escalation can be avoided.
The 55-year-old was “really on the run” after the searches in Berlin, said a spokesman for the Verden public prosecutor’s office. Now is a good time to contact the investigators: “Nobody is interested in an escalation.” According to the spokesman, it could have a mitigating effect on the sentence if Garweg turns himself in. Koray Freudenberg, senior public prosecutor in Verden, was optimistic that the manhunt would soon be successful. “We assume that we are close,” the senior public prosecutor told NDR Lower Saxony on Sunday evening.
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Further searches in Berlin
A spokeswoman for the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office (LKA) confirmed this morning that another building was searched in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain in connection with the search for Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg. The emergency services found a person in the affected apartment on Corinthstrasse. The LKA said this was not one of the people they were looking for. There was therefore no arrest.
The apartment is being forensically examined
A search had already taken place on Grünberger Straße on Sunday evening, in which, according to the LKA spokeswoman, SEK officers were also involved. No one was found in the apartment there, “consequently there are no arrests,” said the spokeswoman. She did not say whether traces were found that could help investigators search for dust and Garweg. The apartment on Grünberger Strasse will continue to be examined for forensic purposes. That could still take days.
Police confiscate construction trailer during search
On Sunday morning, around 130 emergency services from the LKA, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Berlin police searched a left-wing, alternative Berlin trailer site on Markgrafendamm around two kilometers from the apartment. A caravan was confiscated and transported away on Monday night for further investigations. The LKA assumes that Garweg used the trailer as accommodation and lived there. The ex-RAF terrorist used the code name “Martin” on the site, Koray Freudenberg, senior public prosecutor in Verden, told NDR Lower Saxony on Sunday evening. A total of ten people were briefly detained during the operation in Berlin-Friedrichshain in order to determine their identity. However, the two ex-RAF terrorists Staub and Garweg were not there. The search for Daniela Klette’s suspected accomplices continues.
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Search for Garweg with current photos
On Saturday, a few days after the arrest of the ex-RAF terrorist Daniela Klette, the investigative authorities turned to the population with seven current photos: The pictures “very likely showed Burkhard Garweg,” it said. In addition, the LKA published technically altered images of Garweg on Sunday, in which he can be seen either with a cap, a bald head or glasses. “It cannot be ruled out that the accused Burkhard Garweg has changed his appearance,” said the LKA. Since the fleeing suspected criminals could be armed, the LKA Lower Saxony strongly advises against approaching the wanted people yourself. Instead, investigators are asking for information about the whereabouts of Garweg or dust under the Phone number (0511) 98 73 74 00.
VIDEO: LKA searches for ex-RAF member Garweg with new photos (7 min)
Further information
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