Chile's top court upholds stripping Pinochet's immunity

Chile’s Supreme Court in Santiago has upheld a ruling stripping Gen Augusto Pinochet of his immunity against trial for the killing of two bodyguards of Salvador Allende, the Marxist president he toppled in a 1973 coup.

The court’s public relations office said Monday that the 13 justices decided on Friday to uphold a lower court ruling removing the immunity the ailing former dictator enjoys as a former president, but that details of the vote would only be announced after the decision is written.