German nurse convicted of murdering 10 patients to reduce his workload
16 days ago
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- A palliative nurse was convicted of murdering 10 patients and attempting to murder 27 others with lethal injections.
- The nurse injected mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives to ease his workload at night.
- The crimes occurred between December 2023 and May 2024 in a clinic near Aachen, Germany.
- The court deemed the crime particularly severe, reducing chances of early release after 15 years.
- The verdict can be appealed.
- Investigators are examining other suspicious incidents during the nurse’s career.
- In 2019, a former nurse was jailed for life for murdering 85 patients, the worst post-war killing spree in Germany.