Doctor charged with child deaths

Vienna - A leading Austrian doctor has been charged with murder after an investigation by parliament into allegations that he…

Vienna - A leading Austrian doctor has been charged with murder after an investigation by parliament into allegations that he was involved in killing hundreds of children at a hospital in Vienna during the second World War as part of a Nazi "euthanasia" programme.

Dr Heinrich Gross (84) is due to stand trial later this year on nine counts of murder.

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