Target Jurgen Ponto Weapons Firearm Role Banker | Name Jurgen Ponto Deaths 1 civilian Children Corinna Ponto | |
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Date 30 July 197717:10 – 17:30 at the latest. (CET) Perpetrators Roter MorgenRAFBrigitte MohnhauptChristian KlarSusanne Albrecht Died July 30, 1977, Frankfurt, Germany Spouse Ignes Ponto (m. 1950–1977) Similar People | ||
Tagesschau vom 31 07 1977 raf ermordet j rgen ponto chef der dresdner bank
Jürgen Ponto (17 December 1923 Bad Nauheim, Hesse - 30 July 1977 Frankfurt am Main) was a German banker and chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. Previously, he had worked as a lawyer. He was assassinated by members of the Red Army Faction in events leading up to the German Autumn. Actor Erich Ponto was his uncle.
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- Tagesschau vom 31 07 1977 raf ermordet j rgen ponto chef der dresdner bank
- Tagesschau vom 01 08 1977 fahndung nach den m rdern von j rgen ponto
- Death
- References
Tagesschau vom 01 08 1977 fahndung nach den m rdern von j rgen ponto
Death
On Saturday 30 July 1977, Ponto and his wife Ignes were at their Oberursel villa packing for a vacation in Rio de Janeiro, but were also expecting a visit from Susanne Albrecht, the daughter of a good friend of the Pontos. She arrived at around 17:10 with two strangers, later identified as Brigitte Mohnhaupt and Christian Klar. Albrecht gave Ignes a bouquet of red roses, and all the guests were invited into the living room, where Ignes left them alone with Ponto.
From the living room, raised voices were heard and then gunshots. It is thought that Albrecht and her accomplices attempted to kidnap Ponto, and after he resisted they shot him. He was shot five times and later died of his serious wounds. The three killers fled the villa, and escaped with their getaway driver Peter-Jürgen Boock. The killers took responsibility for the murder in the name of Roter Morgen (Red Morning).
