What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 1977 – 18 Oct 1977
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 50.93° N, 6.89° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer.
Kidnapping and murder of Hanns Martin Schleyer
Kidnapping and murder by Red Army Faction (RAF) in 1977
German industrial leader and former Nazi 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.
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