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He was convicted of the attack and sentenced to a seven-year prison sentence. While in prison in 1970, Bachmann committed suicide by suffocating himself with a plastic bag over his head Bachmann approached Dutschke, whom he had never met, in the street, having found out his address from the Einwohnermeldeamt, the registration office.
Asking him if he was really Rudi Dutschke, he took out a gun and shot him in the head
Later on he told the judge that he had done it out of hate, calling Dutschke a "dirty communist pig". After the shooting, Bachmann fled to a cellar where he took an overdose of sleeping pills but still continued firing his gun at police officers trying to approach him.
He was taken to a hospital to deal with the effects of his overdose. Dutschke survived the assassination attempt but suffered brain damage and was forced to learn to speak again.
He was left with severe health problems which in 1979 led to his death in Aarhus, Denmark.
After Bachmann"s conviction, he and Dutschke corresponded by letter. Bachmann committed suicide on the night between February 23 and February 24, 1970. Bachmann was portrayed by Tom Schilling in the 2008 film Der Baader Meinhof Komplex.