A doctor has admitted to intentionally taking his own patients' lives, as he didn't want them to suffer any longer.
The doctor from Germany says he killed 12 patients in nearly one year since the start of his high-profile job at the Berlin Regional Court on Thursday.
The 40-year-old palliative care doctor is charged with killing 15 patients in total, including 12 women and three men between September of 2021 and July of 2024. He's alleged to have administered a lethal mix of different drugs to the victims, who were aged between 25 and 87 years. As per prosecutors, he set some major fires to try to disguise his acts.
Now, public prosecutors are investigating dozens of suspected further cases parallel to this trial. 54 days after the start of this trial in July of 2025, the doctor confessed to 12 of the killings in a 30-minute-long statement on Thursday. 'It's only now that I'm able to explain my actions. I accept full responsibility for whatever I've done'-he mentioned.