Members of the Red Army Faction a Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich. They claimed responsibility for the bombings in the name of the 'Tommy Weissbecker Kommando'. Petra Schelm (16 August 1950 – 15 July 1971) joined the Baader-Meinhof group along with her boyfriend Manfred Grashof. She travelled to Jordan alongside the rest of the Faction and trained in urban guerrilla warfare with the PLO in May 1970. On 15 July 1971 Schelm was driving through Hamburg with Werner Hoppe when she sped her BMW through a police roadblock. The police gave chase and forced her BMW off the road. Schelm and Hoppe ran off in different
The Faction Collective The Faction Collective The Faction Collective (also known as Faction Skis) is a manufacturer of freeride skis, poles and skiing-related products, based in Verbier, Switzerland. The company's products are sold in over 31 countries through their website and through distributors. Faction Skis was founded by a group of skiers in 2006 in Verbier, Switzerland. In 2013, Faction Skis teamed up with French professional skier Candide Thovex to develop a range of signature ski models. The Faction Collective produced three seasons of their web series "We Are The Faction Collective". In 2017, the company produced the feature film "THIS IS HOME"