
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, June 30, 1990                   TAG: 9006300155
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WEST BERLIN                                LENGTH: Short

HONECKER INVESTIGATED IN KILLINGS AT BORDER

East German prosecutors placed ousted Communist leader Erich Honecker under investigation for murder Friday in the deaths of hundreds of East Germans killed trying to escape across the heavily fortified border during his 13-year regime.

Border guards also could face charges for carrying out Honecker's orders, according to a statement issued by chief prosecutor Guenter Seidel.

The official news agency ADN said that the investigation was launched "in connection with the shoot-to-kill policy and the use of automatic firing devices and mines on the frontier."

A murder conviction could send the ailing Honecker, 77, to prison for the rest of his life.

- Los Angeles Times

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