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Former Stasi officer charged with 1974 Berlin Wall murder

2023-10-13 03:25
The man, now 79, allegedly shot a man in the back as he was crossing into West Germany.
Former Stasi officer charged with 1974 Berlin Wall murder

A former member of communist East Germany's Stasi secret police has been charged with murder, for allegedly killing a man who had been let through the Berlin Wall in 1974.

The man was shot in the back as he was walking through a security checkpoint into West Germany.

The defendant, then 31...