Stasi Lieutenant Faces Murder Trial for 1974 Fatal Shooting at Berlin Train Station
Berlin, Germany – A former officer of East Germany’s Ministry of State Security, known as the Stasi, is set to stand trial for murder on Thursday for the fatal shooting of a Polish man at Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse train station in 1974. The 80-year-old former Stasi lieutenant is accused of killing 38-year-old Czesław Kukuczka with a targeted shot to the back as he attempted to cross the border into West Berlin. According to prosecutors, the Stasi …