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Trial over Nord Stream attacks to begin in Hamburg on Oct. 14

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement In the courts
  • The trial of Ukrainian national Serhii K. over the Nord Stream pipeline attacks is scheduled to begin Oct. 14 at Hamburg’s Higher Regional Court.
  • The court has set 16 hearing dates through Dec. 17 after admitting the indictment.
  • Prosecutors consider the defendant sufficiently suspected of co-perpetrating attacks involving alleged war-crime methods, explosives, destruction of structures and disruption of public utilities.

The trial over the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines is scheduled to begin on Oct. 14 at Hamburg’s Hanseatic Higher Regional Court.

The court admitted the indictment against Ukrainian national Serhii K. and set 16 hearing dates, running through Dec. 17, a court spokeswoman said.

The court’s state security panel concluded, based on its preliminary assessment of the alleged acts and the results of the preparatory proceedings, that the defendant faces sufficient suspicion of acting as a co-perpetrator. The allegations include using prohibited methods of warfare by attacking civilian objects, causing an explosion, destroying structures and disrupting public utilities.

The state security panel, after a preliminary assessment of the alleged acts, concluded that the defendant appears sufficiently suspected as a co-perpetrator of the war crime of using prohibited methods of warfare by attacking civilian objects, causing an explosion, destroying structures and disrupting public utilities.

· Court spokeswomanThe court explained why it admitted the indictment for trial.
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