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Catholic deacon accused of murder by air injection in Belgium
Source: BBC
Catholic deacon accused of murder by air injection in Belgium
22 January 2018
A Catholic deacon accused of killing at least 10 people - including his own mother - has gone on trial in Belgium.
Former nurse Ivo Poppe is suspected of killing his victims by injecting air into their blood, causing a fatal embolism.
The offences are alleged to have taken place at a clinic in Menen, where he worked as a nurse - and later, after being ordained, in a pastoral role.
Belgian newspapers have nicknamed the 61-year-old man the "deacon of death".
If found guilty of all the alleged murders, he would become one of the worst serial killers in Belgian history.
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22 January 2018
A Catholic deacon accused of killing at least 10 people - including his own mother - has gone on trial in Belgium.
Former nurse Ivo Poppe is suspected of killing his victims by injecting air into their blood, causing a fatal embolism.
The offences are alleged to have taken place at a clinic in Menen, where he worked as a nurse - and later, after being ordained, in a pastoral role.
Belgian newspapers have nicknamed the 61-year-old man the "deacon of death".
If found guilty of all the alleged murders, he would become one of the worst serial killers in Belgian history.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42780226
