Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Ex-Red Army Faction member to go on trial

Germany: ex-Red Army Faction member to go on trial Sept. 30 for
alleged role in 1970s killing

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hy-9PzF0SB9622MM8MyjhUEyvRZg

8/16/2010

BERLIN ­ A court in Germany says a former member of the leftist Red
Army Faction will go on trial Sept. 30 over her alleged role in the
1977 murder of West Germany's chief federal prosecutor.

The German news agency DAPD reported that the Stuttgart state court
on Monday set 17 court sessions through Dec. 21 for the trial of Verena Becker.

Becker was charged earlier this year with three counts of murder for
allegedly playing a leading role in the fatal ambush of then-West
German federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback, his driver and a
bodyguard ­ one of the group's most notorious killings.

Prosecutors have said evidence generated using DNA samples linked
Becker to a letter claiming responsibility for the attack. It remains
unclear who fired the gun.

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