Friedrich Engel, a former Nazi SS officer involved in the massacre of Italian prisoners in the Second World War, has died. He was 97.

The trial has resumed of a 93-year-old former Nazi SS officer who has denied ordering the shooting of 59 Italian prisoners more than 50 years ago.

Austria has refused to deport a former SS officer to Italy where he is accused of being involved in the murder of more than 300 civilians.