War crime trial

A 97-YEAR-OLD Hungarian has gone on trial for war crimes over his role in the 1942 killings of civilians in Serbia.

Sandor Kepiro is charged by prosecutors with taking part in raids by Hungarian forces in Novi Sad, in which about 1,200 civilians were killed.

According to court papers, unidentified members of a patrol under Kepiro’s command killed four people during a raid on January 23, 1942.

Kepiro is also suspected of being involved in the deaths of about 30 others at the Danube River.