Former Stasi officer faces trial for 1974 Berlin border shootingFormer Stasi officer denies murder charges related to border crossing incident in 1974Legal challenges arise in prosecuting communist-era killings in Germany due to statute of limitations
Former officer with East Germany's secret police goes on trial for a border killing in 1974Former Stasi officer on trial for murder of a Polish man at Berlin border crossing.Prosecutors relied on tip from Stasi archives to identify the shooter after decades.