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Coverage dated April 15, 2025

German doctor charged with murder of 15 patients

Headline from NBC4 Washington

Prosecutors in Berlin allege that the 40-year-old doctor killed the palliative care patients and then set fire to their homes to cover up the crime.

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  1. NBC4 Washington

    German doctor charged with murder of 15 patients (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Prosecutors in Berlin allege that the 40-year-old doctor killed the palliative care patients and then set fire to their homes to cover up the crime.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Germany: Berlin doctor charged with 15 counts of murder – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Berlin prosecutors have filed charges against a palliative care physician on suspicion of multiple murders in overdosing his patients. The suspect allegedly set fire to some victims' apartments to cover up his crimes.

  3. The Guardian

    Berlin palliative care doctor charged with murder of 15 patients (opens The Guardian)

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    Authorities say suspect had a ‘lust’ for killing and used drugs to paralyse the respiratory muscles of victims

  4. Fox News

    A Berlin doctor has been charged with the killings of 15 patients under palliative care (opens Fox News)

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    A German doctor has been charged with murdering over 15 people under palliative care; he has also been accused of attempting to cover up the crimes by starting fires in their homes.

  5. CNN

    German palliative doctor charged with 15 counts of murder (opens CNN)

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    Prosecutors in Berlin on Wednesday charged a doctor suspected of administering lethal amounts of various medications to palliative patients under his care with 15 counts of murder.

  6. CBS News

    Doctor with (opens CBS News)

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    Prosecutors said they charged a Berlin doctor with the murder of 15 patients, alleging he acted out of a "lust" for killing.

  7. New York Post

    Berlin doctor accused of killing 15 patients — and trying to cover up the evidence with arson (opens New York Post)

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    A doctor in Berlin has been charged with murder over the deaths of 15 patients under palliative care, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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