German nurse on trial accused of killing nine patients

In intensive care units in Völklingen and Homburg, a nurse risks the lives of his patients from the beginning of 2015 to early summer 2016. He gives them medicines that are not on the treatment plan at all. Several people die.

Ulrich S. is said to have murdered 9 patients at the Rhein-Maas-Klinikum in Würselen. Investigations show an appalling indifference of the nurse.

A murder case against a nurse has begun in the district court of Aachen.

A nurse is said to have murdered at least nine people in a clinic near Aachen. His alleged victims were incurably ill. The prosecutor presented a gruesome motive at the start of the trial.

A 44-year-old former nurse in Germany is suspected of murdering at least nine patients. He is on trial in Aachen. The prosecutor also suspects the man of 34 counts of attempted murder. Broadcaster WDR, which is following the case, calls it one of the most extensive serial murders in German history. The former nurse "is said to have injected patients with strong sedatives on her own initiative, sometimes in combination with painkillers," says spo…

German nurse on trial accused of killing nine patients

His motive was allegedly to minimise his workload during his night shifts, prosecutors said.