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Ajit Niranjan in Berlin

Former Baader-Meinhof militant goes on trial after decades on the run

Daniela Klette (left), 66, confers with one of her lawyers.
Daniela Klette (left), 66, confers with one of her lawyers, Undine Weyers, during her Celle court hearing on 25 March. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/AFP/Getty Images

A former member of the Baader-Meinhof group, also known as the Red Army Faction, has gone on trial in Germany for robberies she allegedly committed during three decades hiding in broad daylight.

Daniela Klette, the last female member of the far-left terror network still on the run before her arrest, appeared before a court in the north-central city of Celle on Tuesday charged with 14 criminal offences including armed robbery and attempted murder.

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