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Baader-Meinhof Gang

or Red Army Faction

West German leftist terrorist group formed in 1968 and popularly named after two of its early leaders, Andreas Baader (1943–1977) and Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976). The members initially supported themselves by bank robberies and engaged in terrorist bombings and arson, especially of West German and U.S. targets in West Germany. Baader, Meinhof, and 18 others were arrested in 1972; Meinhof eventually hanged herself, and Baader apparently also died a suicide. By the mid-1970s the group had turned to international terrorism; two members took part in the 1976 Palestinian airplane hijacking in the Entebbe incident. After the collapse of communism in East Germany (1989–90), it was discovered that East Germany's secret police had provided training and supplies to the gang. The group announced an end to its terrorist campaign in 1992.

Baader-Meinhof gang

German terrorists. [Ger. Hist.: Facts (1978), 114–115]

See : Terrorism

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Baader-Meinhof gang (redirected from Red Army Faction)

Baader-Meinhof Gang

Baader-Meinhof gang
(redirected from Red Army Faction)