Judge: No show trial for German far-right suspects

Published February 2, 2013 5:00am ET



BERLIN (AP) — A senior German judge has rejected calls to give the public greater access at the trial of a woman suspected of involvement in a far-right murder spree that has shaken the country’s security establishment since coming to light over a year ago.

The trial of Beate Zschaepe — the sole surviving member of a neo-Nazi trio that allegedly killed nine businessmen and a policewoman between 2000 and 2007 — is expected to generate intense media interest in Germany and Turkey, where at least four of the victims were born.

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