German Killer Nurse Charged With 97 New Murders

German Killer Nurse Charged With 97 New Murders
In this file photo, former nurse Niels H. (L) masks his face with a folder with the help of his lawyer Ulrike Baumann on his arrival in the courtroom at the regional court in Oldenburg, December 9, 2014. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
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BERLIN, Germany — German public prosecutors on Monday said they had brought new charges against a killer nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, accusing him of killing another 97 people with lethal injections.

If found guilty, it would make him Germany’s deadliest serial killer.