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List of Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof) assassinations

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This is a list of people assassinated by the West German left-wing terrorist group Red Army Faction or the Baader-Meinhof group.

Target Title Date Place Country
Norbert Schmid[1] German police officer 22 October 1971 Hamburg  West Germany
Herbert Schoner[2] German police officer 22 December 1971 Kaiserslautern
Paul A. Bloomquist[3] US Army soldier 11 May 1972 Frankfurt am Main
Gerta Buddenberg[4] (survived) spouse of Federal Judge 16 May 1972 Karlsruhe
Ronald A. Woodward[5] US Army soldier 24 May 1972 Heidelberg
Charles L. Peck[5] US Army soldier 24 May 1972
Clyde R. Bonner[5] US Army soldier 24 May 1972
Andreas von Mirbach[6] German military attaché 24 April 1975 Stockholm  Sweden
Heinz Hillegaart[6] German trade attaché 24 April 1975
Fritz Sippe German police officer 7 May 1976 Sprendlingen  West Germany
Siegfried Buback[7] Federal prosecutor 7 April 1977 Karlsruhe
Jürgen Ponto[7] CEO of Dresdner Bank 30 July 1977 Oberursel
Heinz Marcisz[8] Schleyer's driver 5 September 1977 Cologne
Roland Pieler[8] German police officer 5 September 1977
Reinhold Brändle[9] German police officer 5 September 1977
Helmut Ulmer[9] German police officer 5 September 1977
Hanns Martin Schleyer[10] Chairman of the German Employers' Association 18 October 1977 Mulhouse  France
Arie Kranenburg[11] Dutch policeman 22 September 1977 Utrecht  Netherlands
Hans-Wilhelm Hansen [12] German police officer 24 September 1978 Dortmund  West Germany
Dionysius de Jong Dutch custom official 1 November 1978 Kerkrade  Netherlands
Johannes Goemanns Dutch custom official 1 November 1978
Ernst Zimmerman[13] CEO of MTU Aero Engines 1 February 1985 Gauting  West Germany
Frank Scarton[14] US Airman 8 August 1985 Rhein-Main Air Base
Edward Pimental[15] U.S. Army soldier 8 August 1985 Wiesbaden
Becky Bristol[14] U.S. Army civilian employee 8 August 1985 Rhein-Main Air Base
Karl Heinz Beckurts[16] Siemens manager 9 July 1986 Straßlach
Eckhard Groppler[16] Beckurts's driver 9 July 1986
Gerold Braunmühl[17] German senior diplomat 10 October 1986 Bonn
Alfred Herrhausen[18] Chairman of Deutsche Bank 30 November 1989 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Detlev Karsten Rohwedder[19] Chief of the Treuhandanstalt 1 April 1991 Düsseldorf  Germany
Michael Newrzella[20] German Federal Police officer 27 June 1993 Bad Kleinen

References

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  1. ^ "In Hamburg wurde der Polizist Norbert Schmid erschossen -- von Angehörigen der Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe?". Der Spiegel. 24 October 1971.(In German)
  2. ^ "RAF-Terror in Kaiserslautern 40 Jahre nach Buback-Attentat". Der SWR.(In German)
  3. ^ "Baader and 2 in West German Gang Sentenced to Life". The New York Times. 29 April 1977.
  4. ^ "ATTENTATEFruchtbare Zeit". Der Spiegel. 21 May 1972.
  5. ^ a b c "Als der RAF-Terror Heidelberg erreichte". Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung.
  6. ^ a b "1975: Baader-Meinhof blow up embassy". BBC On this day 1950-2005. 24 April 1975.
  7. ^ a b "Who were the Baader-Meinhof gang?". BBC News. 12 February 2007.
  8. ^ a b "Andreas Geyr war neun, als vor seiner Haustür Hanns-Martin Schleyer entführt wurde. Er sah Dinge, die er nicht hätte sehen dürfen Der Junge und die Mörder". Berliner Zeitung. 3 September 2007.
  9. ^ a b "Der Tag, an dem Schleyer entführt wurde". WeltN24. 10 August 2012.
  10. ^ "1977: Kidnapped German found dead". BBC On this day 1950-2005. 19 October 1977.
  11. ^ "Ex-RAF-terrorist heeft berouw om dood agent". Trouw. 27 August 2006.
  12. ^ "TERRORISTENEtwas läuft". DER SPIEGEL. 9 September 1979.
  13. ^ "TOP WEST GERMAN ARMS EXECUTIVE IS ASSASSINATED". The New York Times. 2 February 1985.
  14. ^ a b "CAR BOMB KILLS 2 ON A U.S. AIR BASE IN WEST GERMANY". The New York Times. 9 August 1985.
  15. ^ "Red Army Murderer Is Paroled". The New York Sun.
  16. ^ a b ""Sollen die doch im Knast vergammeln"". Merkur.de. 9 May 2009.
  17. ^ "Gerold von Braunmühl erschossen". Der Spiegel. 9 October 2007.(In German)
  18. ^ "Deutsche Bank: From bombs and bravado to risks of a bailout". BBC News. 29 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Red Army Faction Is Suspected in German Killing". The New York Times. 3 April 1991.
  20. ^ Schrep, Bruno (10 October 1993). "Bad Kleinen Die verlorenen Söhne". Der Spiegel. (In German)
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