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41st year  -  N° 11                 Sunday, 11 January 2026         Antwerpen		
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Tuesday 3rd of May 1977
49 years, 3 months and 21 days ago




25-year-old member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Verena Becker is arrested after a shootout with the police in Cafe Hanser, August-Ruf-Straße 4, Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Becker and fellow terrorist Günter Sonnenberg were spotted by police and tried to flee. A gunfight ensued which left two police officers badly wounded. They attempted to drive off in a stolen vehicle only to drive into a dead-end street. They abandoned the vehicle and ran but were shot down and arrested. Sonnenberg was seriously injured by a gunshot wound to the head and Becker was shot in the leg. A submachine gun was found in their abandoned car. It turned out to be the gun used to assassinate Siegfried Buback.