Conviction for war crimes

A 96-YEAR-OLD former Hungarian officer has been charged with involvement in the killing of about 1,000 civilians in Serbia during World War II, the Budapest Prosecutors’ Office said.

It said Sandor Kepiro, who returned to Budapest from Argentina in 1996, had been charged with war crimes committed in the 1942 execution of civilians in Novi Sad.

Kepiro has denied any wrongdoing. The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which works to track down war criminals, has called for his prosecution for five years.