This period began with a botched kidnapping that resulted in the death of banker Jurgen Ponto. An airplane pilot was executed in Aden for trying to contact authorities during this period after being forced to fly to Rome, Cyprus, Bahrain, and Dubai. An early part of this period involved using a baby carriage to stop the motorcade of the industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer to kidnap him. A later part of this period was ended by Operation Fire Magic in Mogadishu where GSG-9 killed all but one member of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine cell that had hijacked the Landshut. The motivation for the terrorist actions of this period was to release prisoners in Stammheim Prison who had started the Baader-Meinhoff Group. For 10 points, 
This period began with a botched kidnapping that resulted in the death of banker Jurgen Ponto. An airplane pilot was executed in Aden for trying to contact authorities during this period after being forced to fly to Rome, Cyprus, Bahrain, and Dubai. An early part of this period involved using a baby carriage to stop the motorcade of the industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer to kidnap him. A later part of this period was ended by Operation Fire Magic in Mogadishu where GSG-9 killed all but one member of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine cell that had hijacked the Landshut. The motivation for the terrorist actions of this period was to release prisoners in Stammheim Prison who had started the Baader-Meinhoff Group. For 10 points, name this period of terrorism perpetrated by the Red Army Faction.
This period began with a botched kidnapping that resulted in the death of banker Jurgen Ponto.
{German Autumn} [or {Deutscher Herbst}]