Editing Red Army Faction (section)

=== Dissolution ===
On 20 April 1998, an eight-page typewritten letter in German was faxed to the [[Reuters]] news agency, signed "RAF" with the machine-gun red star, declaring the group dissolved:

{{blockquote|Almost 28 years ago, on 14 May 1970, during a liberation operation, the RAF formed. Today we end this project. The urban guerrilla in the form of the RAF is history now.<ref name="rafinfo.de"/> ({{langx|de|Vor fast 28 Jahren, am 14. Mai 1970, entstand in einer Befreiungsaktion die RAF. Heute beenden wir dieses Projekt. Die Stadtguerilla in Form der RAF ist nun Geschichte.}})}}

In response to this statement, former [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|BKA]] President [[Horst Herold]] said, "With this statement the Red Army Faction has erected its own tombstone."<ref>{{cite book |first=John O.|last=Koehler |year=1999 |title=The Stasi: The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police |page=449 |publisher=Westview Press}}</ref>