Hanns Martin Schleyer
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Hanns Martin Schleyer (business leader) | |
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Born | 1 May 1915 |
Died | 18 October 1977 (Age 62) |
Cause of death | gunshot |
Nationality | German |
Spouse | Waltrude Schleyer |
Victim of | • kidnapping • assassination |
Hanns Martin Schleyer was a German president of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie who was kidnapped and assassinated by the Red Army Faction.
Kidnapping and assassination
On 5 September 1977, an RAF "commando unit" attacked the chauffeured car carrying Hanns Martin Schleyer, then president of the German employers' association, in Cologne,
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