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German Court Upholds Murder Conviction Of 99-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Camp Worker
The German Federal Court upheld a 99-year-old woman's conviction for accessory to murder over her role as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in the last two years of World War Two.
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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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Germany To Try Ex-Stasi Officer For Pole's Murder Nearly 50 Years Ago
A former Stasi officer will go on trial in Germany on Thursday for shooting a Polish man attempting to flee to West Berlin almost 50 years ago, a case that could impact how killings committed in the communist era are dealt with.
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US Man Confesses To Raping, Killing Fellow American Tourist In Germany
An American man accused of raping and killing a fellow US tourist near Bavaria's famed Neuschwanstein castle last year made a wide-ranging confession on the first day of his trial Monday.
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Student Shoots Dead Fellow Classmate At German School
A pupil shot and killed a fellow student at a German school on Thursday, authorities said, in the latest in a series of youth murders in the country.
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US Tourist Charged With Rape, Murder In Germany
A 31-year-old American man has been charged with rape, murder and attempted murder after attacking two fellow US tourists near the Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Bracelet, Rose Tattoo: Interpol Shares Clues To Solve Decades-Old Murders
Interpol on Wednesday launched a campaign asking members of the public to come forward if they can help identify the bodies of 22 women believed to have been murdered in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in recent decades.
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German Woman Killed Lookalike To 'Fake Her Own Death'
A German-Iraqi woman murdered a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death, police have said as new details emerge of the bizarre case that first came to light last year.
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Russia Wanted To Swap Ex-US Marine For "Assasin" Arrested In Germany
US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner was thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany.
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German Man Jailed For Life For Killing Cashier Who Told Him To Wear Mask
A 50-year-old German man was jailed for life Tuesday for shooting dead a petrol station cashier because he was angry about being told to wear a mask while buying beer.
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$28 Million In Compensation For Families Of Munich Olympics Victims: Germany
Germany and the families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics have agreed on a compensation offer totalling 28 million euros ($28 million), said an interior ministry spokesperson on Friday.
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German Woman Who Joined ISIS Gets 10-Year Jail Term For "Slave" Girl's Murder
A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman who joined the Islamic State group to 10 years in prison over the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
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"I Am Innocent," Ex-Nazi Camp Guard, 100, Tells German Court
A 100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person charged with complicity in the murder of thousands of detainees, told a German court on Friday that he was not guilty.
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Suspect In 13-Year-Old Madeleine McCann Case In Germany Refuses To Speak
The German man suspected of kidnapping and murdering British girl Madeleine McCann has refused to speak about the case, one of his lawyers told German television.
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Madeleine McCann Is Assumed Dead, German Prosecutor Says
Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 aged just three, is dead, Germany's prosecutor said on Thursday after identifying an imprisoned German child abuser as a murder suspect.
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German Court Upholds Murder Conviction Of 99-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Camp Worker
The German Federal Court upheld a 99-year-old woman's conviction for accessory to murder over her role as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in the last two years of World War Two.
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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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Germany To Try Ex-Stasi Officer For Pole's Murder Nearly 50 Years Ago
A former Stasi officer will go on trial in Germany on Thursday for shooting a Polish man attempting to flee to West Berlin almost 50 years ago, a case that could impact how killings committed in the communist era are dealt with.
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US Man Confesses To Raping, Killing Fellow American Tourist In Germany
An American man accused of raping and killing a fellow US tourist near Bavaria's famed Neuschwanstein castle last year made a wide-ranging confession on the first day of his trial Monday.
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Student Shoots Dead Fellow Classmate At German School
A pupil shot and killed a fellow student at a German school on Thursday, authorities said, in the latest in a series of youth murders in the country.
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US Tourist Charged With Rape, Murder In Germany
A 31-year-old American man has been charged with rape, murder and attempted murder after attacking two fellow US tourists near the Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Bracelet, Rose Tattoo: Interpol Shares Clues To Solve Decades-Old Murders
Interpol on Wednesday launched a campaign asking members of the public to come forward if they can help identify the bodies of 22 women believed to have been murdered in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in recent decades.
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German Woman Killed Lookalike To 'Fake Her Own Death'
A German-Iraqi woman murdered a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death, police have said as new details emerge of the bizarre case that first came to light last year.
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Russia Wanted To Swap Ex-US Marine For "Assasin" Arrested In Germany
US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner was thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany.
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German Man Jailed For Life For Killing Cashier Who Told Him To Wear Mask
A 50-year-old German man was jailed for life Tuesday for shooting dead a petrol station cashier because he was angry about being told to wear a mask while buying beer.
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$28 Million In Compensation For Families Of Munich Olympics Victims: Germany
Germany and the families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics have agreed on a compensation offer totalling 28 million euros ($28 million), said an interior ministry spokesperson on Friday.
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German Woman Who Joined ISIS Gets 10-Year Jail Term For "Slave" Girl's Murder
A Munich court on Monday sentenced a German woman who joined the Islamic State group to 10 years in prison over the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of thirst in the sun.
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"I Am Innocent," Ex-Nazi Camp Guard, 100, Tells German Court
A 100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person charged with complicity in the murder of thousands of detainees, told a German court on Friday that he was not guilty.
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Suspect In 13-Year-Old Madeleine McCann Case In Germany Refuses To Speak
The German man suspected of kidnapping and murdering British girl Madeleine McCann has refused to speak about the case, one of his lawyers told German television.
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Madeleine McCann Is Assumed Dead, German Prosecutor Says
Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 aged just three, is dead, Germany's prosecutor said on Thursday after identifying an imprisoned German child abuser as a murder suspect.
