Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An sace shi
a ranar 5 ga Satumba 1977 ta hanyar hagu na Red Army Faction ("Rote Armee Fraktion", RAF) kuma daga baya aka kashe shi; direbansa da 'yan sandan da ke tare da shi na' yan sanda uku suma an kashe su lokacin da aka yi wa motarsa kwanton bauna. Gwamnatin Jamus ta yanke shawarar cewa yana da amfani ga kasa kada a yi shawarwari da 'yan ta'adda. Satar mutane da kisan kai ana ganin su a matsayin babban yakin RAF a 1977, wanda aka sani da Jamusanci Autumn. Bayan mutuwarsa Schleyer an girmama shi sosai a Jamus; Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize, Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation da Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle an sa masa suna. A cikin 2017 Shugaban Jamus Frank-Walter Steinmeier da gwamnatin Jamus sun yi bikin cika shekaru 40 da sacewar.