5tii Sebtember 1977, RAF 'qaybta kumandooska' waxay weerartay baabuur ay wadeen Hanns Martin Schleyer, oo markaa ahaa madaxweynihii ururka shaqaalaha Jarmalka, magaalada Cologne. Darawalkiisa, Heinz Marcisz, oo 41 jir ah, ayaa lagu qasbay inuu joojiyo markii gaari caruur ah uu si lama filaan ah ugu soo muuqday wadada hortooda. Gawaarida booliiska ee iyaga ka dambeysay ma awoodin inay waqtiga ku istaagto, waxayna ku dhacday gaariga Schleyer. Afar (ama laga yaabee shan) xubno ka tirsan RAF oo maaskaraysan ayaa ku buufiyay rasaasta mashiinka iyo rasaasta mashiinka labada gaari, iyagoo dilay Marcisz iyo sarkaal booliis ah, Roland Pieler, oo 20 jir ah, oo fadhiyey kursiga dambe ee darawalka gaariga Marcisz. Gawaarida booliiska, Rein Brändle, 41 iyo sarkaal saddexaad oo booliis ah, Helmut Ulmer, 24, oo sidoo kale lagu dilay gaariga.
5 Sebtember 1977