Angelika Speitel
Angelika Speitel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1952 |
| Organization | Red Army Faction |
Angelika Speitel (born 12 February 1952) is a former member of the
terrorist Red Army Faction
(RAF).
Life
Speitel worked as a clerkVolker Speitel (who was also an RAF terrorist). During this time she helped form an information system of communication between many imprisoned terrorists across Germany.[2] Volker went underground in 1974, and Angelika followed suit when she was suspected of involvement in the Jürgen Ponto murder in 1977.[3]
She became an active member of the
In a forest in
Werner Lotze) when they were ambushed by police. A shoot-out followed where one policeman (Hans-Wilhelm Hans) was shot dead, and Speitel and Knoll were both shot down and arrested. Lotze managed to escape, and Knoll later died of his injuries.[6]
Imprisonment and release
Subsequently, Speitel was charged with murder and sentenced to
cutting her wrists, but she survived.[8] In 1989, she was pardoned by Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker,[9]
and released from prison.
References
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- ^ "Armed Struggle in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1967-1988 a timeline". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ John Pike. "Part 6 Case Studies". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Terrorists: Closing In on an Elusive Enemy". Time. 9 October 1978. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Rote Armee Fraktion | Social History Portal". Labourhistory.net. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Federal Republic of Germany : Domestic Affairs" (PDF). Ajcarchives.org. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "La terrorista alemana Angelika Speitel intenta suicidarse en la cárcel". El País. 27 November 1980. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Aktuell". BerlinOnline.de. Retrieved 25 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
