>> the terrorists riddled the cars carrying schleyer and his police bodyguards with machine gun fire. the bodyguards were killed. >> this is the third terrorist incident in germany in the past six months. all involve death, and all involve the bader-meinhof gang. >> the bader-meinhof group or red army faction in west germany was part of a 1970s trend of marxist vanguard groups. the red brigade in the japanese red army, the weathermen in the united states. these were people who felt that the capitalistic structures were unjust and needed to be destroyed and that the only effective way of doing that was through violence. >> the german police have been waging a relentless war against the terrorists, capturing some, killing some. but the leaders of the group have often had more influence from inside prison than outside. authorities claim this man, andreas bader, continued to mastermind terrorist operations from inside prison, passing instructions through his attorneys.