Eva Haule
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Eva Sybille Haule-Frimpong (born 16 July 1954) is a former German
Terrorist activities
- On 5 November 1984, Haule raided an arms dealer in Maxdorf near Ludwigshafen. Handguns, rifles and ammunition were stolen.
- On 18 December of the same year, Haule was implicated in a plot to bomb a NATO school in Oberammergau. She allegedly parked a car full of explosives outside the school, however the attack failed due to a technical glitch.
- On 1 February 1985, Haule was involved in the assassination of chairman of the board of the aircraft engine manufacturer MTU, he was shot through the head in his home. He was 55 at the time of his death.[2][circular reference] The assassination was carried by the RAF "Command Patsy O'Hara".
- On 8 August 1985, Haule, along with I.D. to access the grounds of the U.S. Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt.
- Also in August of that year, Haule was implicated in a bomb attackon the aforementioned U.S. airbase, which killed A1C Frank Scarton and Becky Jo Bristol and left 20 others injured.
Arrest and imprisonment
Haule was arrested in an ice-cream parlour in
Haule was due for release in 2001, but charges for the Rhein-Main Air Base bombing and murder of American soldier Edward Pimental were brought against her. New evidence, which included Haule's own letters to another RAF member in prison containing self-incriminating information, were used to prove her guilt. Her sentence was extended, and she was moved to a women's prison in Neukölln. She stated that 'an end to her detention was not foreseeable.'
Parole was granted on 17 August 2007, with her release set for 21 August.[3] However, officials released her on the 17th in order to protect her from the media.[4] She has never expressed remorse for her actions as a member of the RAF.[5]
Photography
Haule attended photography classes in prison and now takes portraits of other imprisoned women. Her collection, called "Portraits of Women under Captivity", has been exhibited.[6]
References
- ^ Gohr, Andreas. "Rote Armee Fraktion Infopage". www.rafinfo.de. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ de:Eva Haule
- ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/17/germany.haule.ap/index.html German terrorist to go free
- ^ "Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Sontheimer, Michael (17 August 2007). "RAF Terror Revisited: Killer of US Troops Released". Retrieved 5 November 2017 – via Spiegel Online.
- ^ "German prison inmate Eva Haule's portraits of fellow prisoners in Istanbul - Turkish Daily News Jan 10, 2007". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2017.