German court jails former Stasi member for 1974 murder ? DW ? 10
A court in Berlin has sentenced a former member of East Germany's notorious secret police to 10 years imprisonment for murder.
The Berlin Regional Court on Monday sentenced a former East German secret police employee to ten years in prison for a murder at a border crossing in 1974.
The ruling was the first-ever conviction against a former employee of the Stasi, communist East Germany's secret police, for actions carried out while in service.
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rc/zc (AFP, dpa)