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Monday, December 19, 2011

Witness says Frankfurt Airport shooter responsible for killing airmen

Uka criminally responsible in shooting of airmen, key witness says
By MICHAEL ABRAMS
Stars and Stripes
Published: December 19, 2011


FRANKFURT, Germany — One of Germany’s most prominent psychiatrists testified Monday that the man charged with the murder of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt Airport last March went to the airport with the intent to kill Americans and is criminally responsible.

Dr. Norbert Leygraf, director of forensic psychiatry at the University of Duisberg-Essen, told the court that Arid Uka, 21, who has confessed to shooting the airmen, had no personality disorder and suffered no mental illness.

Motive is key in German murder trials, and Leygraf’s testimony was considered central to the case.
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