A ranar 5 ga Satumba, 1977, wani 'rukunin kwamandojin' RAF ya kai hari kan motar da ke dauke da Hanns Martin Schleyer, a lokacin shugaban kungiyar masu ba da aiki na Jamus, a Cologne. Direbansa, Heinz Marcisz, mai shekaru 41, ya tilasta yin birki lokacin da keken jariri ya bayyana ba zato ba tsammani a kan titi a gabansu. Motar 'yan sandan da ke bayansu ba ta iya tsayawa a kan lokaci ba, kuma ta yi karo da motar Schleyer. Hudu (ko watakila biyar) 'yan sanda na RAF da ke rufe fuska sun yayyafa bindigogi da bindigogin bindiga a cikin motocin biyu, suka kashe Marcisz da jami'in' yan sanda, Roland Pieler, mai shekaru 20, wanda ke zaune a bayan motar direba na Marcisz. 'Yan sanda na' yan sanda, Rein Brandtle, 41 da wani jami'in 'yan sanda na uku, Helmut Ulmermer, 24, wanda aka kashe a cikin motar. An kuma kashe' yan bindigar yara ashirin a kan titi a kan titi a kan titi. 'Yan sanda na' yan sanda
5 ga Satumba 1977