Berlin police order evacuation of Red Army Faction fugitive’s apartment block

Residents were told to leave their homes as the police and fire brigade helped clear nearby buildings. Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA

Police in Berlin have ordered the evacuation of the apartment block in which a fugitive from the Red Army Faction (RAF) was arrested on Monday, telling the residents they had found suspected explosives in the building.

Already reeling from the arrest of Daniela Klette, the last living female member of the RAF to have still been on the run, neighbours at the property in Berlin were told to leave their homes on Wednesday as police and fire brigade reinforcements were drafted in to help clear nearby buildings.