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Monday, May 6, 2013

German neo-Nazi trial opens in Munich

FILE - The undated file photo provided by German federal criminal investigation office BKA in December 2011, shows terror suspect Beate Zschaepe after her arrest. Zschaepe, 38, the sole survivor of a neo-Nazi group _ the self-styled National Socialist Underground _ blamed for ten killings, goes on trial Monday, May 6, 2013 in Munich, along with four men alleged to have helped the killers in various ways. She is charged with complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a policewoman. She is also accused of involvement in at least two bombings and 15 bank robberies carried out by her accomplices Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Boenhardt, who died in an apparent murder-suicide two years ago. (AP Photo/BKA, File)MUNICH (AP) — The highest-profile neo-Nazi murder trial in Germany in decades opened Monday amid tight security and intense media interest, with the five accused appearing in public for the first time since their arrest more than a year ago.



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