The World - News from Sept. 12, 1988
Three East Germans escaped over the Berlin Wall to the West during the weekend without being shot at by East German border guards, West Berlin police said. The incidents pointed up East Germany’s new, but unannounced, policy of not shooting to kill in pursuing escapees. As a result, the number of defections has dramatically increased this year, according to a West Berlin group that monitors the defections. In the last few weeks, as many as 15 East Germans have scaled the wall or swum across canals to safety in West Berlin.
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