Earthen bunker discovered in forest: LKA investigates due to RAF referral | NDR.de – Nachrichten – Lower Saxony



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As of: January 17, 2021 9:06 am

In a forest near Seevetal, workers have discovered a dirt bunker with a barrel. Possibly the remnants of the Red Army Faction (RAF). The LKA of Lower Saxony determined.

A reference to the RAF cannot be ruled out after an initial assessment of the written material found, the LKA announced on Saturday. The underground deposit is supposed to have been created decades ago. The age of the objects found suggests that, according to a spokeswoman. Therefore, the documents are from the eighties. Therefore, the LKA currently assumes that the find does not provide any proof of the whereabouts of the three former RAF members Ernst Volker Staub, Burkhard Garweg and Daniela Klette who had gone into hiding. The RAF was dissolved in 1998.

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Barrel discovered on Friday

The barrel hidden in a deposit on the ground was reportedly discovered on Friday during logging work. The LKA did not say how big the bunker is. In addition to the documents, containers with initially unknown liquids were seized. No weapons were included, according to the LKA. A mobile laboratory team checked the contents of the barrel for hazardous substances on site. After everything went well, they removed the barrel and took it to the LKA Forensic Institute for further investigation. It is not yet clear which liquids are actually involved.

No more deposits have been discovered

The forest area around the site was also extensively searched for more deposits, he said. Nothing was found, an LKA spokeswoman said when asked by NDR.de Sunday morning. It is not yet clear when the result of the forensic examination of the protected objects will be available.

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A wanted poster from the LKA Lower Saxony with the search for two former members of the Red Army (RAF) faction, Burkhard Garweg (r) and Ernst-Volker Staub (l) hangs in the Verden district court on 28 / 09/2016.  © dpa-Bildfunk Photo: Julian Stratenschulte

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