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| German killer nurse Niels H probed over 84 more murders | German killer nurse Niels H probed over 84 more murders |
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| A nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in northern Germany is now a suspect in at least 84 other murder cases, police say. | A nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in northern Germany is now a suspect in at least 84 other murder cases, police say. |
| The 40-year-old, named only as Niels H under German reporting rules, was convicted of attempted murder in 2006 and murder in 2015. | The 40-year-old, named only as Niels H under German reporting rules, was convicted of attempted murder in 2006 and murder in 2015. |
| His victims received lethal drug doses at units where he worked. | His victims received lethal drug doses at units where he worked. |
| Relatives of patients who died in clinics where he worked had urged police to investigate further. | Relatives of patients who died in clinics where he worked had urged police to investigate further. |
| A commission was set up in 2014 to investigate the scale of his crimes, which could make him Germany's worst post-war killer. | A commission was set up in 2014 to investigate the scale of his crimes, which could make him Germany's worst post-war killer. |
| The medication caused heart failure or the collapse of patients' circulatory systems. | The medication caused heart failure or the collapse of patients' circulatory systems. |
| Judges said he was motivated by a desire to win approval by resuscitating the patients he had drugged. | Judges said he was motivated by a desire to win approval by resuscitating the patients he had drugged. |
| During his 2015 trial, he admitted applying the drug to about 90 people at an intensive care clinic in the town of Delmenhorst. | During his 2015 trial, he admitted applying the drug to about 90 people at an intensive care clinic in the town of Delmenhorst. |
| Police say the abnormalities stretch back to 2000 at another clinic in Oldenburg. | Police say the abnormalities stretch back to 2000 at another clinic in Oldenburg. |
| They said staff had a meeting there in 2001 to discuss the strange levels of deaths and resuscitations, but did not report the levels to police, and Niels H was able to move to the Delmenhorst clinic. | They said staff had a meeting there in 2001 to discuss the strange levels of deaths and resuscitations, but did not report the levels to police, and Niels H was able to move to the Delmenhorst clinic. |
| A special police commission was set up in 2014 to investigate the case. | A special police commission was set up in 2014 to investigate the case. |
| It has been analysing hundreds of medical records and exhumed 134 bodies to test samples for drug residue. | It has been analysing hundreds of medical records and exhumed 134 bodies to test samples for drug residue. |
| The investigations have been made more difficult because many patients had been cremated. | |
| "The findings continue to breach any imagination," said Oldenburg police chief Johann Kuhme. "It is simply not possible to say how many people were killed." | "The findings continue to breach any imagination," said Oldenburg police chief Johann Kuhme. "It is simply not possible to say how many people were killed." |
| Mr Kuhme warned the number could still rise further. The new charges are now likely to be filed at the beginning of 2018, he said. | Mr Kuhme warned the number could still rise further. The new charges are now likely to be filed at the beginning of 2018, he said. |