Angelika Speitel (born 12 February 1952) is a former member of the West German terrorist Red Army Faction (RAF).
[2] Volker went underground in 1974, and Angelika followed suit when she was suspected of involvement in the Jürgen Ponto murder in 1977.
[3] She became an active member of the second generation RAF, taking part in bank robberies[1] and was suspected to have been directly involved with the Hanns-Martin Schleyer kidnap-murder.
[4] In a forest in Dortmund,[5] on 24 September 1978, Speitel was involved in target practice with some other RAF members (Michael Knoll and Werner Lotze) when they were ambushed by police.
[6] Subsequently, Speitel was charged with murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Düsseldorf court.