Former Stasi officer jailed for 10 years over 1974 Berlin border shooting
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#6REV8)
Martin Naumann, 80, shot Czesaw Kukuczka in the back at close range as he tried to cross into West Berlin
A former officer in the East German secret police has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the murder of a Polish firefighter at a Berlin border crossing 50 years ago.
Martin Naumann, now 80, shot Czesaw Kukuczka in the back at close range on 29 March 1974 as Kukuczka walked towards the last in a series of control posts at a transit area in the divided city, having been told he had a free pass to escape to West Berlin.
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